Sir  William  Dawson 


.  .  .  Ihingiiif;  the  lives  and  deeds  of  our  fare- 
runners  vividly  before  us  .  .  .  imparts  even  to 
the  most  abstruse  and  technical  subjects  much 
of  the  personal  charm  which  contact  with 
strenuous,  patient,  and  noble  natures  never 
fails  to  reveal,  sir  archibalb  geikik,  in 
' '  The  Founders  <;/  Ceoloj^v- " 


DEUKATED  BY  KIND  PERMISSION  TO 
THE    RIGHT    HONOURABLE    LORD    STRATHCONA 

AND  MOUNT  ROYAL,  BARONET.  &c.,  &c.,  &c. 

CHANCELLOR  OF  McGILL  UNIVERSITY,  MONTREAL,  CANADA, 

AND  FOR  SO  MANY  YEARS  ASSOCIATED  WITH 

SIR  WILLIAM  DAWSON  IN  ADVANCING  THE  INTERESTS 

OF  HIGHER  EDUCATION. 


Brief  Biographical  Sketch 


-OF- 


Sir  John  William  Dawson 

C.  IVl.  G..  LL  D..  F.  R.  S.,  F.  G.  S. 


By  H.  M.  AMI 

(of  the  Geological  Survey  of  Canada) 


The  American  Geologist 

Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  U.  S.  A. 

1900 


I '=10  0 

i  '14) 


SIR  JOHN  WILLIAM  DAWSON 


SIR    JOHN     WILLIAM     DAWSON. 


A  Brief  Biographical  Sketch  of 

SIR  JOHN  WILLIAM  DAWSON, 

to  which  is  appended  a 

List    of    his    WritM^S-    arranged    Chronologically. 

By  Henbt  M.  Ami,  of  tlio  Zoological  Survey  of  Canada. 
(Portrait) 

Un  Sunday,  the  19th  day  of  November,  1899,  there  passed 
away  to  his  long  rest,  one  whose  name  has  been  inseparably 
connected  with  the  progress  and  advancement  of  geological  as 
well  as  paltcontological  research,  in  the  Dominion  of  Canada. 
For  a  few  years  back  Sir  William  Dawson's  health  began  to 
fail  as  advancing  years  rolled  on.  The  constant  strain  of  a 
long  life  of  intense  activity  and  incessant  lai)our,  at  last  wore 
out  the  chords  of  life  in  his  person.  Ife  died  peacefully  at 
l,i?  residence,  293  I'nivcrsity  street.  Montreal,  just  as  the  first 
hour  of  the  day  of  rest  dawned,  surrounded  by  his  wife  and 
constant  companion  and  a  number  of  his  children.  Sir  Will- 
iam accomplished  enough  during  his  life,  in  the  interests  of 
education,  science,  and  religicjii  to  satisfy  any  three  hard- 
working individuals.  He  leaves  behind  him  such  monuments 
of  industry  and  perseverance  as  few  men  do.  The  Peter  Red- 
p.itli  Museum  of  McGill  University  alone  is  a  monument 
which  for  ages  will  give  food  for  thought  to  the  coming  gen- 
erations, both  to  students  of  the  university  and  to  the  geolo- 
gists who  seek  to  unravel  the  problems  of  geological  science 
in  the  different  portions  of  Canada,  but  more  especially  those 
of  the  maritime  provinces,  his  native  land 


8  Jiiogntf^liiciil  Skikli. 

Sir  William  was  born  in  tlie  town  of  I'ictou,  Nova  Scotia, 
on  Oclobrr  13,  i8jo.  His  grandfather  was  a  Scotch  fanner  in 
comfortable  circumstances  who  migrated  to  Nova  Scotia  early 
in  the  present  century,  and  embarked  in  business  in  the  town 
of  Fictou.  Sir  William's  father  was  a  well-known  book-seller, 
James  Dawson,  who  was  a  gentleman  of  culture  and  attain- 
ments with  a  taste  for  study,  and  for  many  years  supplied  the 
needs  of  eastern  Nova  Scotia  with  the  best  literature,  and  pub- 
lished himself  several  works  bearing  upon  the  interest  of  this 
old  crown  colony. 

During  his  early  days  in  Pictou,  he  was  instrumental 
and  foremost  in  organizing  one  of  the  very  first  foreign  mis- 
sionary societies  in  British  North  America.  He  was  one  of 
those  who  helped  to  send  the  now  nmowned  Dr.  Geddie, 
pioneer  and  founder  of  the  New  Hebrides  missions  which 
have  flourished  so  well  and  produced  such  e.\cellent  results. 

The  following  is  a  brief  epitome  of  his  career  after  leaving 
Pictor  College. 

Leaving  Pictou  he  went  to  Edinburgh  University  where 
he  remained  a  winter,  and  took  the  degree  of  master  of  arts  at 
the  age  of  22.  In  1842  he  returned  to  Canada,  and  during  the 
summer  of  that  year  accompanied  Sir  Chas.  Lyell  in  his  geo- 
logical exploration  of  Nova  Scotia.  In  his  contributions  to 
the  geology  of  that  province,  Sir  Charles  pays  many  tributes 
to  the  ability  of  his  youthful  companion  as  a  geologist.  Dr.  J. 
J.  liigsby  (Thesaurus  Devonico-Carboniferous,  p.  vii,  foot- 
note) ijuotes  ^  remark  from  the  lips  of  Sir  Charles  Lyell  re- 
garding Sir  William  Dawson  as  follows:  "On  the  death  of 
Fldward  Forbes,  Sir  Charles  Lyell  remarked  to  me  'Now,  I 
look  chiefly  to  Dawson,  of  Montreal,  for  any  true  progress 
in  the  Philosophy  of  Geology.'" 

We  next  find  him  carrying  on  a  geological  survey  of  the 
coalfields  of  Nova  Scotia,  for  which  task  be  had  received  the 
provincial  appointment,  and  his  report  proved  of  great  value. 
In  1846  he  returned  to  Edinburgh  University  to  carry  on  spe- 
cial researches  and  study  practical  chemistry  and  kindred  sub- 
jects, bearing  upon  the  prosecution  of  geological  research. 

In  1847  he  married  Miss  Margaret  A.  Y.  Mercer,  of  Edin- 
burgh, and  three  years  later  was  appointed  superintendent  of 
education  for  Nova  Scotia,  and  was  entrusteil  with  the  task  of 


Sir  Jolin  Williant  Dmvson. — Ami.  y 

putting  a  new  act  into  operation.  Meanwhile  he  contribiiteci 
several  papers  on  economic  geology,  zoology,  and  one  on  for- 
estry. 

The  establishment  of  a  provincial  normal  school  for  Nova 
Scotia  was  chiefly  due  to  him,  and  Sir  Edmund  Head  appoint- 
ed him  a  member  of  a  conunission  to  regulate  the  afifairs  of 
Kings'  College,  now  the  University  of  New  Brunswick.  In 
1854,  he  was  elected  fellow  of  tlie  Cieological  Society  of  Lon- 
don, and  in  the  following  year,  appointed  principal  and  profes- 
sor of  natural  science  of  McGill  College,  Montreal.  It  was 
through  Sir  Edmund  Head  also,  then  governor  general  of 
Canada,  who  as  governor  of  Nova  Scotia,  had  watched  his 
career  in  that  province,  that  the  eminent  iitness  of  Mr.  Dawson 
became  known  to  the  governors  of  McGill  College.  They 
v.ere  in  need  of  a  principal,  and  had  set  certain  desiderata  be • 
fore  them  as  essential.  The  new  principal  nuist  be  a  layman 
and  besides  this,  they  were  detennined,  that  the  University 
should,  though  Protestant,  be  entirely  undenominational. 
The  principal  must  nevertheless  be  a  religir)us  man,  one  who 
would  be  a  positive  influence  on  the  side  "f  godliness.  He 
must  be  capable  and  modern,  and  must  of  course  be  young, 
with  his  life  before  him.  All  these  conditions  were  found  in  the 
young  Nova  Scotia  geologist  and  in  nothing  were  those  who 
invited  him  disappointed. 

When  Sir  William  assumed  the  principalship  of  McGill 
University,  it  was  a  day  of  small  things.  The  financial  condi- 
ti(3n  of  that  institution  at  that  time  made  it  necessary  for  him 
to  undertake  the  duties  of  several  laborious  professoi  ships 
along  with  those  of  administration.  The  revenue  then  amount- 
ed to  only  a  few  hundreds  of  dollars.  There  were  only  eight 
instructing  officers,  and  with  the  exception  of  the  faculty  of 
medicine,  the  courses  were  most  unsatisfactory.  Under  his 
guidance,  however,  the  institution  steadily  advanced,  and  has 
long  since  over  grown  the  effects  of  the  depressing  influences 
under  which  it  labored  when  he  was  appointed.  One  of  the 
gr^at  drawbacks  to  the  success  of  the  university  was  the  lack 
of  sufficient  schools  to  prepare  pupils  for  matriculation.  With 
the  co-operation  of  Sir  Edmund  Head,  and  of  the  superintend- 
ent of  ])ul)lic  instruction  for  the  pnjvince  of  Quebec,  in  1875  he 
secured  the  establishment  of  a  normal  school  for  Montreal,  af- 


10  Itiogrnfliicii/  Sirfi/i. 

tiliatvd  to  McCiil!  University,  for  the  training;  of  Protestant 
school  teacliers. 

He  was  principal  of  McGill  normal  school  for  a  period  of 
thirteen  years,  in  addition  to  his  university  duties.  In  1858  he 
succeeded  in  establishing  a  school  of  civil  engineering  and 
surveying,  which,  however,  after  a  severe  struggle,  succumbed 
at  the  end  of  five  years  to  unfriendly  legislation.  Flight  years 
later,  however,  he  resuscitated  this  facult>  of  the  university 
and  placed  it  on  a  firm  basis,  so  that  to-day  the  faculty  of  ap- 
plied science  in  McGill  Univer.sity  is  recognized  as  one  of  the 
best  equipped  and  most  thorough  institutions,  an  object  of 
pride  not  only  to  Montreal,  but  to  the  whole  of  the  Dominion. 

I'or  eight  yeats  Sir  William  was  a  member  of  the  board  of 
Protestant  commissioners  of  schools  for  the  juovince  of 
(Juebec.  I!e  was  also  a  member  of  the  council  of  public  in- 
struction for  the  province  of  Quebec.  In  iSfu  he  was  elected 
fellow  of  the  Royal  Society  of  England,  and.  in  1H65  lectured 
before  tlic  British  .Association  for  the  .\dvanceniciU  of  Science 
in  Birmingham.  I'ive  years  later,  1870,  he  also  lectured  before 
the  Royal  Institute  and  Geological  Society  of  London.  In 
1875  he  was  foremost  in  advocating  the  imion  of  the  several 
bodies  forming  the  Presbyterian  church  in  Canada,  which  un- 
ion was  effected  in  that  year. 

In  1881  he  received  the  L\ell  medal  from  the  Geo- 
logical Society  of  London  for  his  important  discoveries  in 
science,  and  Her  Majesty  Queen  \'ictoria  created  him  a  com- 
panion of  the  order  of  St.  Michael  and  St.  George,  (C.  M.  G.), 
for  his  brilliant  career  in  the  same.  In  1882  he  was  selected 
Ijy  the  marquis  of  Lome  to  be  the  first  president  of  the  Royal 
Society  of  Canada,  which  society  has  since  flourished  under 
both  vice-regal  and  parliainentary  patronage.  In  1883  he  was 
Icnighted  by  Her  Most  (Gracious  Majesty,  in  due  recognition 
of  his  scientific  work  and  his  successful  pr(Mnotion  of  higher 
education. 

With  reference  to  the  founding  of  the  Royal  Society  of 
Canada,  in  a  terse  maimer  Sir  William  Dawson  thus  points 
out  one  of  the  objects  for  which  this  society  was  formed,  "I 
would  place  here  first,"  he  says,  in  speaking  of  the  ends  which 
the  society  may  seek  to  attain  and  the  means  of  their  attain- 
ment, "the  establishment  of  a  bond  of  union  between  the  scat- 


Str  Jolin  W'tllutm  Ddicioh. — Ami.  ii 

UTciI  workiMS.  now  widely  separated  in  different  parts  of  tlie 
I  lominion.  (Jur  men  of  science  are  so  few,  and  our  country 
so  extensive,  that  it  is  diffictilt  to  fiml  in  any  one  place  or  with- 
in re.isonahle  distance  of  each  other,  half  a  dozen  active 
workers  in  science.  There  is  thus  great  lack  of  sympathy  and 
stinnilus  and  of  the  disctission  and  interchange  of  ideas,  which 
tend  so  much  to  correct  as  well  as  to  encourage.  The  lonely 
worker  finds  his  energies  Hag,  and  is  drawn  away  by  the  pres- 
sure of  more  popular  pursuits,  while  his  notions  become  one- 
sided and  inaccurate  through  want  of  friendly  conflict  with 
men  of  like  povversaml  pursuits.  I^vcn  if  this  society  can  meet 
but  once  a  year,  something  may  be  done  to  remedy  the  evils 
of  isolation.  *  *  *  Again  means  are  lacking  for  the  ade- 
(juate  ])ublication  of  results.  Transactions  are  published  by 
some  of  the  local  societies,  but  the  resources  at  the  disposal 
of  these  bodies  are  altogether  inadecjuate,  and  for  anything  ex- 
tensive or  costly,  we  have  to  seek  means  of  pul)lication  abroad; 
but  this  can  be  secured  only  under  special  circumstances:  and 
while  the  public  results  of  Canadian  science  become  so  widely 
scattered  as  to  be  accessible  with  difliculty,  much  that  would 
be  of  scientific  value  fails  of  adc'iuate  publication,  more  espe- 
cially in  the  matter  of  illustrations.  *  *  *  Should  this 
society  have  sufficient  means  placed  at  its  disposal,  to  publish 
transactions  equal  in — I  shall  not  say  to  those  of  the  Royal 
Society  of  London — or  the  Smithsonian  fnstitution  at  Wash- 
ington— but  to  those  of  such  bodies  as  the  Philadelphia  Acad- 
emy or  the  Boston  Society  of  Natural  History,  an  incalculable 
stinudus  would  be  given  to  science  in  Canada,  by  promoting 
research,  by  securing  to  this  country  the  credit  of  the  work 
(lone  in  it,  by  collecting  the  information  now  widely  scattered, 
anil  by  enabling  scientific  men  abrcjad  to  learn  what  is  being 
done  here.'' 

In  the  same  year  he  was  elected  president  of  the  American 
Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science,  which  body  met 
in  tiie  city  of  Montreal,  under  the  .xgis  of  McGill  University. 
It  was  in  1882  that  the  Peter  Kedpath  museum  of  McGill  Uni- 
ver.sity  was  inaugurated.  The  collections  which  adorn  the  main 
floors  and  galleries  of  this  munificent  gift  of  the  man  whose 
name  it  bears,  were  for  the  most  part  the  result  of  personal 
labours  and  endeavours  on  the  part  of  .Sir  William  himself.  By 


12  lilni^ni/'liudl  S/.itdi. 

iliiit  'if  i-iiii-tatit  CDlloctins;  wliiTivcr  ln'  wi'iit  ;iii(l  a  ri'i.;iilar 
s\  skill  of  fMliaiinc  hy  means  of  wliicli  ho  not  only  cnricticd 
the  cabinets  at  Mc(iill,  hut  also  made  known  Canada's  j^eulo- 
fjical  resources  to  thi-  worhl  of  s-ienee  abroad,  he  obtained  a 
vast  (|iiantity  of  material  whieli  is  now  cNhihited  in  the  Peter 
Redpath  Miisenni. 

In  1884  he  v.as  instruniental  in  !)riii<j;inj;  the  I'.ritisli  Asso- 
ciation for  the  Advancement  of  Science  to  Canada,  and  two 
years  later,  he  received  the  hif^h  distinction  nf  president  of  that 
association.  In  1893  he  was  elected  fellow  of  the  Geological 
Society  of  America,  ami  in  the  same  year  he  retired  from  the 
principalship  of  McGill  University  and  was  appointed  emeritus 
principal  and  prcjfessor,  also  a  governor's  fellow  and  honorary 
curator  of  the  Peter  Redpath  Museum.  In  1895  the  rare 
distinction  of  honorary  fellowship  of  the  Royal  Society  of  Eng- 
lanu  was  conferred  upon  him.  Sir  William  Dawson  was  also  a 
corres]-)onding  fellow  of  the  (jeological  Society  of  Isdinburgh, 
a  corres])ondiiig  member  of  the  N'ictoria  Institute  or  Philo- 
sophical Society  of  Great  Britain,  a  corresponding  member  of 
the  (jeological  Society  of  France,  of  the  N'ova  Scotian  Institute 
of  Science,  Halifax,  of  the  Montreal  Microscopical  .Society, 
and  he  was  also  niany  years  president  of  the  Natural  History 
Society  of  Montreal,  which  society  lictlid  much  to  bring  to  its 
present  status  in  the  world  of  science  and  1  eseareh,  and  up  to 
the  past  year  was  Honorary  President  of  the  same. 

He  was  also  menibii-  of  many  active  bodies  engaged  in 
scientific  pursuits  throughout  the  world,  1  le  was  also  in  touch 
with  the  various  graduates' societies  of  McGill  University 
throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of  this  continent  and  was 
particularly  happy  when  he  foun  1  himself  in  the  midst  of  a 
body  of  old  graduates  of  McGill  to  whom  he  could  speak  o\ 
the  past,  present  and  future  of  the  University  for  which  he  had 
laboured  so  faithfully  and  so  long  with  such  remarkable  suc- 
cess. 

In  1884  Sir  William  received  the  degree  of  LL.  1).  from  the 
University  of  Edinburgh  honoris  caiistj. 

Sir  William  was  highly  systematic  in  all  the  work  he  un- 
dertook and  though  his  was  a  busy  life,  he  was  ever  calm  and 
collected  with  any  amount  of  reserve  force  and  energy  at  his 
back.     He  met  even  the  humblest  child  with  cmirtly  grace, 


Sir  Jth'iii  Wtl/iiDii  Jhccion.— Ami.  13 

j^i-iicrnus  si>iiit  ^lid  'ignity,  conimanding  the  respect  and  ad- 
ir.iratiuii  of  all  those  \iili  whom  lu'  came  into  contact.  He 
was  a  true  friend  of  the  suulent,  In  had  the  wonderful  faculty 
of  lenienilieriiig  faces  and  names  so  that  even  a  student  in  the 
junior  years  he  would  recogni/e  and  salute  fu'st,  wherever 
they  met. 

.'\s  an  etiucationist,  Sir  William  takes  rank  with  the  few 
wh.o  built  up  our  et!ucatioual  institutions  in  (.'anada,  and  gave 
them  a  high  character.  From  the  early  years  of  his  career  in 
Nova  Scotia  as  superintendent  of  education  until  1894  when 
he  resigned  the  princijialship  of  Mcdill  University  he  never 
ceased  to  work  in  the  interests  and  for  the  promotion  of  learn- 
ing in  the  highest  sense  of  the  term.  lie  sought  in  an  elTective 
and  i)ractical  manner  to  give  to  the  various  classes  of  itudents 
under  him  the  most  advanced  results  of  science,  and  research. 
Science  education  abroad  occupied  his  attention  and  from  the 
result  of  his  observations  and  his  knowdedge  of  the  needs  and 
importance  of  practical  science  education,  he  applied  the  best 
nuthods  of  teaching  in  the  university  under  his  care.  A  care- 
ful study  of  methods  of  work,  and  teaching  in  the  Royal 
Sclujol  of  Mines,  the  department  of  science  and  arts,  London 
University,  the  Royal  Institution,  Owens  College  Manchester, 
science  teaching  in  Cambridge  and  Oxford,  and  the  movement 
in  Edinburgh,  in  the  Sheffield  Scientific  school,  together  with 
science  teaching  in  the  technical  universities  of  Ciermany  and 
Switzerland  formed  a  subject  of  an  important  paper  from  his 
pin.  Conscious  of  the  want  of  science  teaching  in  Canada,  he 
was  foremost  in  what  was  being  done  at  Montreal  in  1870  to- 
wards establishing  the  faculty  of  applied  science  at  McGill,  in 
those  lines  in  which  practical  science  training  should  fall. 

Sir  \\  illiam  was  i)articularly  hapi>y  when,  out  in  the  field 
with  a  class  of  students  or  with  the  mendjers  of  the  Natural 
History  Society  of  Montreal  on  their  annual  excursions,  lie 
was  engaged  in  examining  the  geological  ])henomena  of  the 
various  localities  visited,  and  instilling  into  his  hearers  the 
zeal  of  his  enthusiasm.  With  what  vigor  and  dexterity  he 
wielded  the  hammer!  His  keen,  penetrating  eye  and  a  sharp 
lookout  for  any  rare  species  or  new  fortn  of  fossil  organisms 
was  very  evident  on  all  such  occasions.  He  did  much  to  fos- 
ter and  encourage  the  collection  of  specimens  in  all  branches 


14  liiogfopliiiiil  Skitii'i. 

ot  n.itnial  history.  In  all  his  teachings  lie  was  i'iiiiiunll\'  prac- 
tical and  as  MKiy  lie  seen  from  the  larfj^c  acctinnilatioii  ofma- 
tfiial  now  displayed  in  the  cabinets  of  tlie  I'eter  Jiedpath  mu- 
seum lie  enlisted  tiie  co-operation  of  the  students  of  the  uni- 
versity both  cliirinf^  and  after  their  college  career,  and  tliiis 
niateriaih'    assisted  in  building    up  that  nionument  of  ins   in- 

tliistr)'. 

*  *       *       * 

Sir  William  was  the  first  librarian  nf  McGill  University. 
and  in  1856  prepared  a  catalogue  of  the  few  books  whicii  con- 
stituted the  library  at  that  time  and  from  this  small  beginning 
sought  to  bring  togetiier  all  tlie  available  volumes  bearing  on 
science  and  literature  for  the  benefit  of  the  students  under  his 
charge.  During  a  recent  visit  t')  the  I'eter  Redpath  library  of 
Mcdill  University,  the  writer  was  shown  the  first  series  of 
volumes,  actually  the  first  book,  to  be  catalogued  by  Sir  Will- 
iam, under  Class  A,  Number  i,  of  the  Library  of  Mctjill  C(j1- 
lege,  Montreal.  Mr.  C.  H.  Gould,  15.  A.,  present  librarian 
of  the  university  pointed  out  tl;at  by  a  remarkable  coincidence, 
"The  Annual  Register,"  Vol.  i  of  which  was  the  \ery  first 
book  catalogued  by  Sir  William,  was  also  the  first  to  be  cata- 
logued in  the  new  Peter  Redpath  library,  from  amongst  the 
thousands  of  volumes  donated  by  I'eter  Redpath.  Escp,  to  the 

university. 

*  *       *       * 

.\s  a  Bible  student  and  expositor.  Sir  William  stood  high. 
He  ploughed  deep  in  the  books  of  holy  writ,  and  subjected 
those  writings  to  the  same  keen,  critical  sense  to  which  he 
referred  various  other  problems  in  the  scientific  world,  and 
brought  out  many  hidden  truths  from  the  word  of  (iod,  which 
hail  been  hitherto  obscure.  "Egypt  and  the  Holy  Land,  their 
geology  and  natural  resources."'  "Eden  Lost  and  \\'on,"  "Ar- 
chaia,"  "The  Mosaic  Cosmogony,"  "Modern  Science  in  liible 
Lands,"  "The  Origin  of  the  World,  .According  to  Revelation 
and  Science,"  form  part  of  a  series  of  writings  of  an  apolo- 
getic character,  which  in  his  day.  Sir  William  Dawson  deemed 
necessary  to  combat  certain  views  that  were  thrust  upon  the 
more  or  less  observant  and  thinking  world,  regarding  the 
origin  of  man  as  well  as  of  other  species  living  upon  this  plan- 
et.   These  have  no  doubt  played  a  conspicuous  part  in  estab- 


Sir    John  Willium  Dd'nsini. — /Uni.  15 

lisliing  the  present  more  or  less  evident  cciiiilibriuiii  wliicli  ex- 
ists in  tlie  thinking  world  regarding  the  relations  which  exist 
between  our  beliefs  in  religion  as  well  as  in  science.  They  are 
UNO  distinct  spheres,  and  our  earnest  endeavours  ought  to  be 
directed  towards  the  perfection  of  our  knowledge  in  one  di- 
rection as  well  as  the  other,  in  order  to  satisfy  these  two  sides 

at  least  of  our  nature. 

*       *       *       * 

Simplicity  and  humility  were  the  leading  characteristics  of 
Sir  William  Dawson's  religious  life.  He  was  a  member  in 
full  coumumion  of  Stanley  Street  Presbyterian  church,  and 
was  appointed  Commissioner  to  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  in  Canada  on  several  occasions.  He 
k)\e(l  to  worship  with  this  quiet,  retired  congregation,  where 
psalms  and  hymns  wxre  sung  withotU  instrumental  accom- 
paniment. For  many  years,  he  led  in  the  Sunday  School,  and 
subse(|uently  conducted  a  most  successful  class  for  teachers, 
which  was  composed  of  the  teachers  of  the  various  Protestant 
denominations  of  Montreal.  With  every  movenumt  that  had 
for  an  object  the  moral  uplifting  and  i)ettering  of  the  condi- 
tions of  life  in  the  Canadian  metropolis  his  name  was  invari- 
ably connected,  and  in  season  and  out  of  season,  he  never  lost 
an  opportunity  of  giving  pidilic  expression  to  his  keen  sense  of 
right  ami  justice. 

Here  is  an  example  of  Sir  William's  writing  showing  his 
intense  love  for  the  'right'  and  the  'truth',  coupled  with  a  ha- 
tred of  the  'wrong'  and  injustice  which  needs  supernal  power 
to  remedy. 

"Surely  man  is  the  spoiled  child  of  the  Creator,  allowed 
by  an  over-indulgent  father  to  destroy  the  valuable  things 
which  he  cannot  appreciate,  or  which  his  own  misconduct  has 
rendered  it  necessary  for  him  to  apply  to  purposes  not  intended 
by  the  Maker  either  of  man  or  of  the  lower  things  which  he 
misuses.  Surely  it  is  the  same  indulgent  Father,  who  causes 
His  sun  to  shine  on  the  evil  and  the  good,  and  who  provides 
a  Saviour  for  the  unworthy  and  the  disobedient,  though  He  is 
also  a  rewarder  of  those  who  diligently  seek  Him,  and  will  not 
prevent  the  penalties  of  law  whether  physical  or  moral  from 
falling  on  the  reckless  and  impenitent.  Tl.ere  is  surely  a  latent 
gospel  in   nature,  which  has  always  been   proclaimed  in   it. 


|6  Hiot:;i-aplnciil  SkiUlt. 

tlw"iuj;li  ipfitii  lij  lu-fdliss  cars,  and  uliiili  icijiiircil  llu'  inliiiiti- 
kiiowKilgi'  and  love  of  Jisus  to  inliiprct  it  clearly  to  lis.  No 
(loul)t  this  {,'os])cl  like  that  of  Christianity  itself,  is  turned  into 
gall  and  bitterness  by  modern  pessimistic  advocates  of  the 
mere  struggh'  for  existence;  but  to  rightly  constituted  minds, 
Ciirist's  interpretation  is  better,  as  it  is  also  more  happy  and 
hopeful." 

Mis  was  a  well-spent  life,  ut)selfi;.h  in  all  its  aims  and 
purjjoses,  unsparing  in  his  efforts  to  advance  the  interests  of 
his  fellow  citizens  and  of  humanity  in  general,  exercising 
withal,  a  power  and  intluence  for  the  moral  good  and  welfare 
of  all  in  a  high  degree.  Tn  the  language  of  Socrates,  regaril- 
ing  a  well-spent  life,  we  can  truly  say  of  his : — 

"  A'uWv  fiift   Tu   uV/.iiv,  Ka'i  >]    Ur'i>-  /jLeyiikrj" 

"For  noble  is  the  prize  and  tlie  hope  is  ffnut." 

As  a  writer,  who  sought  to  present  in  popular  fcjrm  the 
results  of  geological  science  to  a  larger  audience  than  greeted 
liim  on  the  college  benches,  he  was  eminently  successful. 
Among  the  most  conspicuous  of  his  popular  writings  in  which 
the  relations  which  exist  between  science  and  revelation  were 
usually  made  a  portion  of  his  theme,  the  foll.ming  may  be 
inentiutied  ;  "The  Story  of  the  Earth  .ind  Man,"  "Facts  and 
Fancies  in  Modern  Science,"  "Fossil  Men  and  their  iModern 
Representatives,"  "Modern  Ideas  of  Evolution,"  "The  Meet- 
ing Place  of  Geology  and  History." 

The  many  editions  through  which  these  various  writings 
passed  and  the  ready  sale  of  his  writings  on  both  sides  of  the 
Atlantic,  testified  to  their  popularity.  Throughout  the  English 
speaking  world  his  name  was  a  household  word,  and  a  letter 
of  introduction  was  a  passport  in  every  country  in  Europe. 

For  a  period  of  twenty-two  years  I  was  acquainted  with 
Sir  William  I^awson.  Me  h;i  1  just  comi)leted  twenty-two 
years  at  McGill,  when  I  entered  that  University.  Who  could 
forget  those  precious  evenings  and  hours  spent  in  Sir  William 
and  Lady  Dawson's  company,  both  at  home  in  the  University 
hall,  in  the  museum  or  geological  laboratory.  Those  evenings 
especially  were  of  a  nature  calculated  to  elevate  and  inspire. 
\N'ilh  microscopes,  specimens  and  books,  with  illustrations  of 
natural  history  objects,  and  a  thousand  and  one  objects  of 


Sir  John  Willuiin  Diiu'MHi. — //////.  \^ 

lifaiity  and  intercut  in  nature  hi'  soukIiI  I"  lilaiit  tliuii.nlits  in 
(liu  niimls  of  liis  ilisci|jks,  aiul  interest  them,  or  assist  in  de- 
veloping; their  faculties  jf  observation  and  comparison — those 
two  great  media  of  p.\act  knowledge  in  science. 

In  the  elassrocm,  as  a  teacher,  Sir  William  had  few  equals. 
I'roni  the  time  he  entered  tlie  lecture  room  and  punctually 
to  the  minute,  he  captivated  the  attention  of  his  hearers  by 
hiswonderfulflowof  beautiful, descriptive  language,  coupled 
with  till  particularly  happy  faculty  of  graphically  and  accu- 
ratelj-  representing  upon  the  blackboard  in  colored  chalk,  the 
various  stiucturcs  and  illustrations  in  natural  history,  wheth- 
er in  botany,  geology,  zuohjgy.  or  pakeontology.  It  is  eui- 
rently  ri' ported  that  there  are  not  less  than  ten  persons  now 
employed  in  the  university,  doing  tliC  work  which  fell  to 
the  lot  of  Sir  William  Dawson,  during  his  temire  of  otTice 
in  the  university  from  1855-1894. 

Besides  his  duties  as  principal  and  vice-chancellor  of  the 
university,  member  of  the  corporation,  as  well  as  chairman 
of  the  faculty  of  arts,  he  filled  the  chairs  of  chemistry,  botany, 
zoology  and  geology,  hicluding  mineralogy,  ethnology  and 
pakeontology  for  many  years,  including  both  the  ordinary 
course  of  lectures  and  the  honour  or  advanced  courses. 

One  of  Sir  William's  strong  points  was  the  conciliatory 
nature  of  his  arguments.  He  was  always  the  broad-minded 
and  many-sided  man.  He  could  see  a  thing  in  its  all  around  as- 
pect, and  was  ever  calm  and  collected  in  what  could  scarcely 
even  be  called  troublesome  times. 

Like  all  strong-minded  men,  Sir  William  had  his  foes,  but 
withal,  he  always  manifested  a  tlignity  of  spirit,  and  unswerv- 
ing love  of  truth,  together  with  a  strong  tendency  not  to 
break  away  too  suddenly  from  the  well-known  and  rather 
conservative  view  of  things  ;  he  went  on  in  the  even  tenor  of  his 
way,  usually  carrying  his  point  and  leading  his  very  oppon- 
ents step  by    slop  to  see  the  situation  from  his  standpoint. 

With  the  interest  of  the  University  at  heart,  imbued  with 
a  powerful  and  ever  increasing  faith  in  the  constitution  of  the 
university  of  which  he  held  the  helm,  with  a  far-seeing  eye,  he 
went  on,  determined  to  carry  his  points  however  far  reaching 
they  might  be. 

Life  w'ith  Sir  WMlliam  was  a  serious  thing.  It  had  with  him 


l8  Hio^s^mpliicil  Skc/d/. 

an  earnestness  and  an  increasing,  ever  active  interest.  He  was 
Iiotl)  orderly  and  systematic.  His  own  library,  work-room  and 
nuiseuni  were  models  of  order  and  neatness,  and  every  minute 
of  his  life  seems  to  have  been  occupied.  When  we  consider 
the  task  which  he  accomplished — the  University  which  he 
leaves  behind  him- — the  monnnienis  which  on  every  side  on  the 
college  grounds  are  fruits  of  his  skill  and  labour,  tact  and  a 
hopeful  nature,  we  appreciate  the  persuasive  power  which  in- 
spired confidence  and  won  for  him  and  the  university  scores 
of  friends.  All  the  students  under  him  loved  him.  The  wealthy 
merchants  of  Montreal,  who  came  within  the  sphere  of  his  in- 
fluence (and  he  made  it  his  business  to  instruct  and  inspire 
many  of  them  in  the  ways  of  munificent  tlonations  to  the  Uni- 
versity), recognized  in  him  one  in  whom  they  could  with  all 
true  confidence  rely  for  judgement  on  the  question  of  higher 
and  practical  education. 

To  those  of  us  who  have  had  the  pleasure  and  privilege  to 
listen  to  his  marvelous  flow  of  language,  his  lucid  descrip- 
tions, as  well  as  to  those  of  us  who  have  studied  under  him  and 
who  are  now  following  up  the  science  whicli  he  so  dearly 
loved,  and  which  he  so  generously  imparted,  with  an  inspira- 
tion and  a  zeal  which  but  few  masters  possess,  ma\'  it  be  said 
that  w-e  have  caught  something  of  the  fire  and  earnestness 
of  his  life  and  spirit.  When  we  see  the  residts  achieved  during 
this  useful  life,  to  those  who  ask,  we  say : 

".S7  quacris  tnoniimentum,  circumspicc." 

His  career  as  a  scientist  brought  him  in  contact  with  all 
the  leading  scientists  of  the  day,  especially  in  the  branches  of 
botany,  geology  and  paleontology.  Between  Sir  Wm,  Logan 
and  Sir  Wni.  Dawson  a  strong  friendship  was  formed.  These 
two  kindred  spirits  joined  in  advancing  the  interests  of  geo- 
logical inquiry  in  Canada,  and  by  their  united  writings,  as  well 
as  by  those  of  the  late  Elkanah  Billings, — the  paleontologist 
of  the  Geological  Survey  from  1856-1876 — helped  to  make  the 
name  of  Canada  w-ell-known  in  Europe,  but  more  especially  in 
the  great  centres  of  learning  in  London,  Cambridge,  Oxford, 
Edinburgh,  Manchester,  Birmingham,  Liverpool  and  Glas- 
gow 

With  Sir  Richard  Owen  he  did  much  to  make  known  the 


Sir  John  W'illuim  Dinaon. — Ami.  19 

early  batrachians  whicli  iiilialiitcd  wiir  planet,  and  as  meii- 
lioiied  before,  lie  accompanied  Sir  C  has.  Lyell  on  two  occa- 
sions when  the  latter  \i>ited  Canada. 

With  Jones,  the  Woodwards  and  Hiiidc,  with  Marsh,  Clay- 
pole  andCopo,  with  Lesqucreux.W'ard.W  illianis  and  Walcott, 
with  ;ill  the  members  of  the  Geological  Survey  staffs  of  Can- 
aila,  the  United  States  and  P.ritain,  he  was  well  acquainted.  In 
l'"rance  and  in  other  poruons  of  the  CoiUinent,  his  was  a 
household  name,  and  a  letter  of  introduction  or  card  from 
him  carried  in  the  hands  of  any  of  his  former  pupils,  or  friends, 
would  be  a  passport  to  all  scientific  circles. 

In  1893  a  severe  attack  of  pneumonia  compelled  S't  Wil- 
liam Dawson  to  seek  a  warmer  clime  and  he  spent  a  portion 
of  that  year  along  the  Florida  coast.  From  this  on  he  never 
regained  his  accustomed  strength,  and  one  day,  while  he  was 
busily  engaged  in  the  Peter  Redpath  museum,  he  suddenly 
fell,  a  victim  of  a  slight  attack  of  apoplexy.  Nevertheless,  he 
gradually  recovered,  and  whilst  his  bodily  vigour  was  sen- 
sibly diminishing,  his  mental  grasp  of  the  various  problems  to 
be  solved  in  Canadian  geology  was  very  marked.  As  late  as 
Jidy,  1899,  in  the  course  of  a  conversation  that  the  writer  had 
with  Sir  William,  regarding  difficult  points  in  Xova  Scotian 
geology,  as  well  as  the  result  of  recent  investigations  carried 
on  by  a  conuiiittoe  of  the  llritisli  .Association  for  the  .Advance- 
ment of  Science,  on  the  pleistocene  fauna  and  flora  of  Canada 
(of  which  he  was  chairman),  he  evinced  remarkable  strength 
of  mind  and  clearness  of  judgment.  This  interview  was  fol- 
lowed by  a  long  letter,  in  which  Sir  William  pointed  out  in  a 
masterly  manner  the  various  phases  of  the  questions  at  issue, 
showing  th?  full  comi)rehension  of  the  situation  his  mind  still 
possessed.  F'or  the  best  part  of  two  years  Sir  William  was 
practically  an  invalid,  and  had  to  he  carried  or  lifted  from  place 
to  place,  in  all  of  which  he  evinced  a  calm  resignation  and 
faithful  hope,  which  accompanied  him  and  seemed  to  add  even 
joy  to  those  otherwise  sad  moments,  until  the  final  crisis  and 
end  came.  "The  gold  of  Ophir"  and  prol)lenis  relating  to  it 
from  recent  discoveries  made  in  South  .Africa, were  occupy- 
ing his  attention  only  ten  days  ]ircvious  to  his  demise. 

On  March  19,  1847,  Sir  William,  then  Mr.  Dawson,  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Margaret  A.  Y.  Mercer,  Edin- 


burgh,  daughter  of  D.  Mercer,  Esq.,  of  Edinburgh.  There  are 
five  surviving  children,  the  eldest  of  whom,  Dr.  George  M. 
Dawson,  C.  M.  G.,  V.  R.  S.,  &c.,  has  followed  the  footsteps 
of  his  father,  and  given  his  life  entirely  to  geological  pursuits. 
He  is  now  director  of  the  Geological  Survey  of  Canada,  and 
is  a  Fellow  or  member  of  all  the  leading  geological  societies  of 
Xorth  America  and  Europe.  Mr.  William  Bell  Dawson,  a 
civil  engineer,  has  charge  of  the  tidal  surveys  of  Canada  in 
connection  with  the  department  of  marine  at  Ottawa.  Dr.  Ran- 
kine  Dawson,  the  youngest  of  the  three  sons,  is  now  prac- 
ticing medicine  in  London,  England.  The  two  daughters  are 
Mrs.  J.  B.  Harrington,  wife  of  the  professor  of  chemistry  at 
McCiill  University,  who  did  much  to  assist  Sir  William  in 
illustrating  various  fodsil  organic  remains  which  he  de- 
scribed, and  Mrs.  Popi-  T.  Atkin  of  Rock  Ferr)',  near 
Birkenhead,  England.  Lady  Dawson,  who  survives  her 
husband  and  was  his  constant  companion  for  upwards  of 
fifty  years,  is  entitled  to  great  credit  for  the  conspicuous  part 
shi  played  in  seconding  Sir  William's  efforts  to  promote  the 
interests  of  the  university  and  of  guiding  that  wholesome  in- 
tluence  of  a  true  Christian  home,  which  ever  characterized 
their  hospitable  abode,  to  which  many  of  us  look  back  with 
pleasure. 

To  perpetuate  the  memory  of  Sir  William  Dawson  in 
McCiill  '.'niversit) ,  to  his  already  princely  and  munificent 
gifts,  Sir  William  C  MacDonald  of  Montreal,  Canada,  has 
endowed  thi;  "Dawson  Chair",  the  proceeds  of  which  dur- 
ing her  life  are  destined  to  Lady  Dawson. 

In  March  iSy",  Sir  William  and  Lady  Dawson  celebrat- 
ed their  golden  wedding  at  Montreal,  on  which  occasion 
lluy  were  made  the  recipients  of  n'uiierous  addresses  of  con- 
gratulation and  messages  from  the  graduates  of  the  university 
and  friends  in  general  the  world  over,  accompanied  '  v  souve- 
nirs of  the  interesting  event,  which  took  place  at  th'  r  home, 
J03  University  street,  Montreal.  On  that  occasion,  there  was 
a  reunion  of  all  the  members  and  friends  of  Sir  William's 
household,  so  that  in  his  declining  years,  but  two  years  pre- 
vious to  his  departure  from  this  life,  he  had  the  pleasure  of 
witnessing  an  event  which  it  is  permitted  only  to  a  few  in 
this  world  to  celebrate. 


Sir  John  U'll/iufii  IJ(ra.son.—Ami.  n 

I  learn  from  y;ood  authority  that  Sir  William  Dawson  has 
left  behind  liim  a  large  amount  of  material,  notes,  papers, 
correspondence,  and  documents  relative  to  the  university,  with 
a  view  of  preparing  a  history  of  that  institution  of  learning.  It 
is  to  be  hoped  that  before  long  these  will  fall  into  the  hands 
of  a  competent  person,  who  will  prepare  this  work  which  the 
late  lamented  principal  no  doubt  expected  to  complete.  It 
would  add  one  more  tribute  to  the  memory  of  him  who  did 
so  much  to  build  up  that  centre  of  excellen\  practical  educa- 
tion. 


HIS  WRITINGS. 


The  following  paragraph  constituting  a  portion  of  the  preface   to  his 
"Air  breathers  of  the  Coal-Period:  a  descriptive  account  of  the  remains 
of  Land  Animals  found  in  the  Coal  formation  of  Nova  Scotia  with  re- 
marks on  their  bearing  on  theories  of  the  formation  of  Coal  and  of 
the  Origin  of  Species."   issued  in  1863,  gives  the  reader  an  excellent 
insiglit  into  Sir   William    Dawson's  method  of  work  as   well   as  his 
motive   in   issuing  such  a   work.     "A  certain  moral   obligation,"   he 
writes,  "rests  on  the  discoverer  or  possessor  of  new  and  valuable  fos- 
sils to  make  them  known  as  extensively  as  possible  to  the  scientific 
world.     This  he   may  do  either  personally  or  by  the  aid   of  others 
more  conversant  with  the  class  of  objects  in  (|uestion.  I  have  generally 
prefered  the  latter  course  for  all  objects  not  included  in  my  own  special 
lines  of  investigation;  and  in  the  case  of  the  subjects  of  the  present 
brochure  have  presented  them,  as  discovered,  to  the  investigation  of 
naturalists  specially  engaged  in  the  study  of  such  remains.     •    *    ♦ 
Hence  the  present  publication,  in  which  I  give  a  summary  of  all  that 
I  have  been  able  to  ascertain  of  the  land  animals  of  the  Coal  Period 
in  Nova  Scotia  and  endeavour  to  make  my  collection  of  their  fossil 
remains  the  common  property  of  all   geologists  and  naturalists  and 
thereby  discharging  the  obligations  under  which  I  am  laid  by  having 
had  these  precious  relics  placed  by  Providence  in  my  hands  " 

"On   Eosoon."     Possibly  none  of  Sir  William  Dawson's  writings 
brought  him  into  greater  prominence  than  those  on   Eozoon  Cana- 


2i  IUoi;;ni/<liiiiil  Siit(li. 

ileiisi'  fr.mi  the  l.aiirciiliaii  rucks  of  Caiiaila.  From  tlio  linif  wIrmi 
lie  first  described  tliis  supposed  organism  from  tlie  then  recognized 
metamorphic  sedimentary  rocks  forming  the  original  or  oldest  portion 
uf  the  crust  of  our  earth,  as  devrloped  in  Canada,  a  great  interest  was 
aroused  the  world  over  with  respect  to  this  discovery  placed  in  his 
hands  by  Sir  William  E.  Logan,  lirst  director  of  the  GeoivKical  .Survey 
of  Canada,  who,  also  with  Dr.  T.  Sterry  Hunt,  believed  (irmly  in  its 
organic  origin.  Ever  since  that  time  a  live  and  unabated  discussion 
has  arisen  in  which  some  of  the  keenest  and  most  pungent  arguments 
fvf-r  used  in  scientific  controversies  were  empli>yed.  A  flood  of  light 
upon  and  a  decided  impetus  in  the  search  after  the  earliest  forms  of 
organisms  which  inhabited  our  planet  has  followed  these  discussions. 
Whether  or  not  we  believe  in  the  organic  origin  of  Eozoon  Cana- 
dense.  of  E.  Bavaricum,  or  of  E.  Bohcmicum,  as  firmly  as  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  in  this  nuicli  we  must  agree,  namely  that  Sir  William 
Dawson  has  presented  a  strong  case  for  his  species  and  his  minute 
and  careful  descriptions  bear  ilie  stamp  of  close  study  of  a  large  and 
iniporlant  series  of  speeiniens.  The  fact  that  men  like  Carpenter, 
Dana,  Murie,  Logan,  Hunt.  Zittel.  for  a  long  time  accepted  Sir  Wil- 
liam's views  is  evident  proof  of  his  influence  as  a  writer. 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  there  will  be  no  cessation  in  the  interest 
taken  in  ascertaining  what  are  tlie  "relics  of  prim;eval  life,"  what  the 
conditions  in  which  they  lived  and  what  their  relations  lo  organisms 
we  know  well,  whose  organic  origin  is  not  ijuestioncd. 

lit!  Fossil  Plants.  Sir  William  Dawson's  memory  will  ever  be 
cherished  in  the  field  of  paheobotanical  research  as  one  of  its  pio- 
neers who  did  much  to  make  the  oldest  floras  of  the  world  known  to 
his  day  and  generation  both  from  a  scientific  and  from  a  popular 
standpoint.  He  was  no  mean  botanist  and  in  his  treatment  of 
pal.'eozoic  or  primary  as  well  as  of  later  Mesozoic  or  secondary  floras 
he  displayed  a  wide  knowledge  not  only  of  the  floras  of  those  epochs 
previously  described  from  both  continents,  but  also  of  their  relations 
to  each  other  and  of  their  successors  in  the  Tertiary  and  even  later 
Quaternary  floras  in  Canada,  which  he  made  known. 

His  "Geological  History  of  Plants  '  is  an  excellent  wurk  of  refer- 
ence; 80  also  are  his  studies  on  "Palieo/.oic  Ciymnospernis"  and  lis 
numerous  papers  on  Canadian  Mesozoic  and  Tertiary  floras  of  Rritisli 
Columbia  and  the  North  West  Territories. 

(hi  Kduciitii'ii.  These  are  varied  and  in  tlieiii  the  iii.ister  mind 
is  ever  present,  that  of  one  who  grasps  the  siturition  at  a  glance,  plans 


Sir  Jolt n  ll'itliiiin  Diiuson. — /Ini!.  J3 

for  the  present  as  well  as  plants  for  the  future  and  carries  out  a  well- 
ordered  and  systematic  theory  to  a  practical  issue.  Sir  William  has 
done  much  to  promote  education  in  Canada.  First,  in  Nova  Scotia, 
his  native  province,  he  laboured  very  successfully  and  laid  the  founda- 
tion of  the  system  now  in  vogue.  In  New  Brunswick  he  did  not  a 
little  to  place  the  university  (King's  College  of  that  period)  on  a  satis- 
factory basis. 

Then  in  Montreal  at  McGill  he  had  just  sufficient  opposition  to 
introduce  his  masterly  and  long  sighted  principles  into  effect  to  stimu- 
late him  to  greater  activity.  Ke  lived  to  see  that  centre  of  education 
rise  to  an  eminence  in  the  world.  But.  his  earnest  and  best  en- 
deavours were  to  make  men,  to  educate  them  and  lead  them  into  paths 
of  usefulness  and  with  a  view  of  enjoying  to  a  full  extent  all  the 
composite  powers  of  one's  being,  including  the  physical,  mental  and 
moral  as  well  as  spiritual. 

On  Science  and  Religion.  Sir  William  was  a  devoutly  religious 
man.  His  private  as  well  as  his  public  life  both  bore  testimcny  to  his 
inward  faith.  He  sought  to  apply  the  scientific  method  in  the  inter- 
pretation of  many  otherwise  obscure  passages  of  Holy  Writ  and  by 
his  numerous  writings  on  this  subject  certainly  drew  attention  to 
many  points  of  world-wide  interest  and  his  interpretations  were,  as  a 
rule,  simple,  natural  and  effective. 

He  saw  in  the  great  book  of  Nature  a  Divine  Hand.  In  Holy 
Writhe  accepted  the  Divine  inscription  and  with  the  faith  of  a  child 
uttered  its  great  truths  in  a  simple  manner  These  writings  of  his  were 
very  popular,   some  of  his  books   covering  eleven  editions. 

On  page  285  of  "Recent  discussions  of  the  first  chiipter  of  Genesis," 
Sir  William  makes  what  may  be  cor.siitered  an  apology  for  writing  upon 
this  theme.  "The  i)resent  writer  is  not  a  theologian,  or  a  divine"  he 
writes,  "but  simply  a  naturalist,  whose  specialties  have  lain  in  some  de- 
"partments  of  paheontology,  and  who  has  studied  the  Hebrew  .Sacred 
"writings  partly  as  a  means  of  knowing  something  of  Semitic  language 
"and  literature,  and  partly  because  of  their  practical  connection  with 
"Christianity." 

His  conception  of  the  relative  values  to  be  attached  to  researches  in 
cosmogony,  the  philosophy  of  geology,  or  in  studies  regarding  the  origin 
and  migration  as  well  as  succession  of  the  various  orders  of  plants  and 
animals  which  iiih.ibitud  this  gUilie,  is  well  illustrated  in  the  following 
paragraph  on  page  234  of  the  work  just  cited  above.  "It  would  be  a 
"strange  phenomenon  in  the    iiiicllectual    life  of  our   time  that   some  of 


24  Hioi:;niphUiil  SkiUli. 

"our  ablest  men  should  be  found  contending  earnestly  as  to  the  mean- 
"ing  and  validity  of  a  document  so  old  as  the  proem  to  Genesis,  were  it 
"not  tiiat,  as  Mr.  Gladstone  has  so  well  put  the  matter,  this  constitutes 
"the  opening  section  of  a  book  in  which  is  conveyed  special  knowledge 
"to  meet  'the  special  need  everywhere  so  palpable  in  the  state  and 
"history  of  our  race.'  !n  face  of  this  special  need,  it  is  true  that  ques- 
"tions  of  cosmogony,  or  of  the  origin  of  the  lower  animals,  become  small 
"and  unimportant,  yet  these  bulk  more  largely  in  our  estimation  when 
"we  find  them  to  be  subsidiary  in  even  a  small  measure  to  the  greater 
"ijuestions  that  relate  to  the  early  history  and  destiny  of  man.'' 

On  Microsauria.  The  researches  carried  on  by  Sir  William 
Dawson  in  fossil  tree  trunks  in  the  famous  Joggins  Shore  section  in 
Nova  Scotia  and  his  writings  thereon  have  gained  for  him  also  world- 
wide fame  and  credit.  The  patience  and  perseverance,  so  eminently 
characteristic  of  the  man.  is  displayed  in  this  painstaking  task.  No 
amount  of  trouble  was  taken  to  arrive  at  as  complete  a  knowledge  of 
the  "Air-breathers  of  Nova  Scotia''  as  he  could  by  dint  of  hammering 
at  these  old  fossil  tree  trunks  where  the  reptiles  of  the  period,  insects 
and  various  other  land  creatures  had  lodged  while  in  a  decaying  or 
decayed  condition.  Some  of  Sir  William's  best  and  most  lasting 
work  is  in  this  respect  and  he  has  done  much  to  make  these  formerly 
unknown  animals  of  the  Carboniferous  period  well-known  to  all 
naturalists 

A/a„„  lis  and  Handbooks.  True  to  the  instincts  of  a  teacher,  of  a  master, 
Sir  William  wrote  manuals  for  students.  His  first  text  book  was  one 
devoted  to  Scientific  Agriculture  for  schools  in  Nova  Scotia.  That 
fertile  province  even  to-day  needs  to  put  into  practice  the  principles 
enunciated  in  his  most  recent  treatise  on  this  subject  as  taught  in  the 
Normal  and  Model  Schools  at  Montreal  and  in  the  Province  of 
Quebec  generally.  His  Manual  of  Zoology  for  Canadian  students  is 
indispensibic  to  all  working  Naturalists.  Forms  found  living  on  the 
land  and  in  the  waters  (salt  and  fresh)  of  Canada,  or  in  a  fossilized 
and  petrified  condition  in  the  strata  of  the  Earth's  Crust  in  Canada 
are  therein  described  and  recorded,  together  with  general  views  of 
the  classification  of  the  Animal  Kingdom.  His  manuals  on  geology 
for  the  use  of  students  and  his  famous  "Acadian  Geology"  form  the 
most  complete  treatises  we  possess,  giving  an  abstract  of  Canadian 
geological  nomenclature  and  classification. 


Sir  John  iyillui»i  JJi/wso/i. — //////.  25 

In  conclusion,  I  cJesin-  to  acknowledge  with  sincere 
thanks  the  valuable  assistance  recci\e(J  in  the  preparation 
of  this  brief  biographical  notice  and  of  the  accompanying 
list  of  the  writings  of  Sir  William  Dawson,  from  the  follow- 
ing:— Dr.  George  M.  Dawson,  Director  of  the  Geological 
Survey  of  Canada;  Hon.  C.  D.  Walcott,  Director  of  the  U.  S. 
Geological  Survey  and  the  energetic  and  painstaking  libra- 
rian of  that  institution,  Mr.  Charles  Darwin;  Dr.  Merrill, 
Prof.  Lester  F.  Ward  and  David  White,  and  Prof.  Theodore 
Gill,  of  Washington,  D.  C;  Dr.  Ernest  Richardson,  Li- 
brarian of  Princeton  University,  New  Jersey;  Sir  John  G. 
Bourinot,  Hon.  Sec.  of  the  Royal  Society  of  Canada,  Otta- 
wa; Dr.  E.  O.  Hovey,  of  the  American  Museum  of  Natural 
History,  New  York  City;  Dr.  A.  H.  Mackay,  Superinten- 
dent of  Education  for  Nova  Scotia,  Halifax;  Prof.  D.  P. 
Penhallow,  McGill  University,  Montreal;  Mr.  Martin  J. 
Griffin,  Library  of  Parliament,  Ottawa;  Augustus  Lowell, 
Esq.,  Boston,  Mass.;  Dr.  W.  P.  Cutter,  Dept.  of  Agriculture, 
Washington,  D.  C;  Capt.  F.  Petrie,  Librarian  and  editor,  of 
the  Victoria  Institute,  London,  Eng.;  Dr.  B.  J.  Harrington; 
and  Mr.  C  H.  Gould,  B.  A.,  of  the  Peter  Redpath  Library, 
Montreal;  also  from  the  various  sources  which  have  furn- 
ished data  in  the  preparation  of  this  small  tribute  to  the 
memory  of  my  master  and  friend. 


26  Bihlwi^niphy. 

Biblioiir4if>hv  of  Sir  John  ]Villiu>n  Dawson. 
1842. 

(On  the  MerioncB  Labrrdoricus  a:id  Arvicola  Pcnnsylvanica) 
Notice  of  and  record  by  J.  \V.  Dawson,  Proceedings  of  the  Wer- 
nerian  Natural  History  Society,  February  (1842');  Edinburgh  New 
Philosophical  Journal,  Vol.  32,  Oct. -Apr.,  1842,  p.  400.  Edinburgh, 
Scotland. 

A  Geological  Excursion  in  Prince  Edward  Island.  liaszard's 
Gazette. 

1843. 

On  the  Lower  Carboniferous  or  Gypsilerous  Formation  of  Nova 
Scotia.  Proc.  Geol.  Soc,  Vol.  4,  pp.  272 — 281.  (Six  woodcuts,  and 
Dr.  A.  Gesner's  geol.  map  of  Nova  Scotia.)     London,  Eng. 

1845. 

On  the  Lower  Carboniferous  Rocks,  or  Gypsiferous  Formation 
of  Nova  Scotia.  Quart.  Journ.  Geol.  Soc.  Vol.  i,  pp.  26 — ,15.  Lon- 
don, Eng. 

On  the  Newer  Coal  Formation  of  the  Eastern  Part  ot  Nova 
Scotia.  Proc.  Geol.  Soc,  London,  Vol.  4,  pp.  504 — S'2.  (with  geol. 
map  section,  notes  on  fossils,  etc.,  by  J.  \V.  D. ;  also  \'oI.  i,  pp.  322 — 
330.    Same  paper,  published  in  two  volumes).     London,  Eng. 

On  the  Newer  Coal  Formation  of  the  Eastern  part  of  Nova 
Scotia.  Quart.  Journ.  Geol.  Soc,  Vol.  t,  pp.  322 — 330,  (with  appen- 
dix on  the  Junction  of  the  Carboniferous  and  Silurian  System  at  Mac- 
caras).     London,  Eng. 

1846. 

Notice  of  some  Fossils  found  in  the  Coal  Formation  of  Nova 
Scotia.     Proc.  Geol.  Soc.  Vol.  2,  1846.  pp.   132—136.     London.  Eng. 

1847. 

On  the  Destruction  and  Partial  Reproduction  of  the  Forests  in 
British  North  America.  12  pii.  Edinburgh  New.  I'hil.  Journ.,  \'iii.  42. 
1847.  pp.  259-271.  Silliman's  Journ.  Vol.  4.  1847.  pp.  161-170;  Fro- 
riep,  Notizen,  5.,  1848,  col.  65-72. 

On  the  New  Red  Sandstone  of  Nova  Scotia.  Quart.  Journ.  Geol. 
Soc.  Vol.  4.,  1847,  pp.  50 — 59.    4i'i-  Map  and  sections.    London. 

1848. 

On  the  Mode  of  Occurrence  of  Gypfum  in  Nova  Scotia,  and  on 
its  probable  origin.  Proc  Roy.  Soc.  Edinb.  Vol.  2.  pp.  140-141. 
Edinburgh. 

Notice  of  Specimens  of  the  Wheat  Midge  from  Nova  Scotia. 
Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  Phila.  Proc.  4,  1848-9,  pp.  210-21 1;  Ann.  &  Mag.  Nat. 
Hist.,  vol.  5,   1850.  pp.   152—154. 


Sir  Jolin  Willitim  Daicsoii. — Ami.  ^7 

1848. 
Repot',  on  the  Coal   Fields  o{  Carrilioii   Cove  and  River  Inhabi- 
tants Cape  Breton.    Journ.  Nova  Scotia  Legislature,  8  pp.     Halifax. 

184Q. 

On  the  Colouring  Matter  of  Red  Sandstones  and  of  Grayish  and 
White  Beds  Associated  with  them.  (Read,  May  17th,  1849.)  Quart. 
Journ.  Geol.  Soc,  Vol.  s,  1849,  pp.  25—30.     London.   Eng. 

Notice  of  the  Gypsum  of  Plaistcr  Cove  in  the  Strait  of  Canseau. 
Quart.  Journ.  Geol.  Soc  ,  Vol.  5,  1849,  pp.  335—339.     London,  Eng. 

1850. 

Account  of  a  Halo  observed  at  Pictou,  Nova  Scotia,  August  23, 
1849.  Edinb.  New  Phil.  Journ.,  Vol.  48,  1850,  pp.  65—68.  Edin- 
burgh. 

On  the  Metamorphic  and  Metalliferous  Rocks  of  Eastern  Nova 
Scotia.  (Read  March  13th,  1850.)  Quart.  Journ.  Geol.  Soc,  Vol.  6, 
PP-  347—364-    1850.    London,  Eng. 

1851. 

Preliminary  report  of  the  Superintendent  of  Education.  (Ad- 
dressed to  the  Hon.  Jos.  Howe.)  Journal  and  Proceedings  of  the 
House  of  Assembly,  Appendix  No.  53,  pp.  194-196,  dated  at  Pictou, 
November  2,  1850.     Halifax,  1851. 

Report  of  schools  of  Nova  Scotia  for  the  year  1850,  by  the  Su- 
perintendent of  Education,  Halifax,  N.  S.     128  pp.     Published  1851. 

On  the  Boulder  Formation  and  Superficial  Deposits  of  Nova 
Scotia.  Proc.  Roy.  Soc.  Edinb.,  Vol.  2,  A.,  pp.,  141142.  1851.  Edin- 
burgh. 

Notice  of  the  Occurrence  of  Upright  Calamitcs  near  Pictou,  No- 
va Scotia.  (Read  March  12th,  1851.)  Quart.  Journ.  Geo,  Soc,  Vol. 
7,  1851,  pp.  194-196.     London,  Eng. 

1852. 

Additional  Notes  on  the  Red  Sandstones  of  Nova  Scotia.  (Illus- 
trated.) (Read  June  i6th,  1852.)  Quart.  Journ.  Geol.  Soc,  Vol.  8, 
1853,  pp.  398—400.    London,  Eng. 

Handbook  of  the  Geography  and  Natural  History  of  Nova  Sco- 
tia.   (Map.)     Pictou  and  Edinburgh. 

Report  on  the  schools  of  Nova  Scotia  for  the  year  1851,  8vo.,  by 
the  Superintendent  of  Education,  Halifax,  R.  Urquhart,  1852.  79 
pp.    (Published  1852.) 

1853. 
On  the  Remains  of  a  Reptile  and  of  a  Land  Shell  discovered>.in 
the  interior  of  an  Erect  Tree  in  the  Coal-Measures  of  Nova  Scotia. 
(Lyell  and  Dawson.)     Quart.  Journ.  Geol.  Soc,  Vol.  9,  pp.  58—67. 
1853,  London,  Eng. 


2'-(  }Hhliogyfl[<liy. 

Report  on  the  schools  of  Nova  Scotia  for  1853,  by  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Education.    58  pp.     Halifax. 

On  the  Albert  Mine,  Hillsborough,  New  Brunswick.  Quart. 
Journ.  Geol.  Soc,  Vol.  9,  1853,  pp.  107—115.  Seven  woodcuts.  Lon- 
don, Eng. 

Scientific  Contributions  towards  the  Improvement  of  Agriculture 
in  Nova  Scotia.    99  pp.     Picto"    i?33.     (In  Peter  Rcdpath  Library) 

1854. 

On  the  Structure  of  the  Albion  Mines  C^al  Measures,  Nova 
Scotia.    Quart.  Journl.  Gcol.  Soc,  \'<il.  10,  p]  .  |.:  47,  London. 

On  the  Coal-Measures  of  the  South  Joggins,  Nova  Scotia.  Quart. 
Journ.  Geol.  Soc.  Vol  10.  1854.  pp.  1-42,  London,  England. 

On  Fossil  Coniferous  Wood,  from  Prince  Edward  Island.  Proc. 
Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  Phil.,  Vol.  7,  1854-55,  PP-  62-64.     Philadelphia. 

Practical  Hints  to  the  Farmers  of  Nova  Scotia  on  the  Management 
and  Improvement  of  Live  Stock  and  on  General  Husbandry  Com- 
piled from  Youatt,  Johnston,  Peters,  Stephens  and  other  late  writers, 
with  notes  and  explanatory  remarks.  148  pp.  12  figs.  Richard  Nugent, 
Halifax,  N.  S. 

Contributions  towards  the  improvement  of  Agriculture  in  Nova 
Scotia;  with  practical  hints  on  the  management  and  improvement  of 
live  stock.  Compiled  from  Youatt,  Johnston,  Young,  Peters,  etc. 
By  J.  W.  Dawson,  M.  A.,  F.  G.  S.,  second  edition,  revised  and  im- 
proved. Published  under  a  grant  of  the  Legislature,  Halifax,  N.  S. 
Printed  by  Richord  Nugent  8vo,  12  figures,   148  pp.,  including  pi.  3. 

Acadian  Geology,  an  account  of  the  Geological  Structure  and 
Mineral  resources  of  Nova  Scotia  and  portions  of  the  neighboring 
provinces  of  British  America.  1st  edition,  xii  pp.  &  388  pp.  1855, 
(illustrations  and  map.)  Edinburgh,  Scotland;  London,  Eng.,  and 
Pictou,  N.  S. 

Notice  of  the  Discovery  of  a  Reptilian  Skull  in  the  Coal  of  Pictou. 
(Read  Nov.  ist,  1854.)  Quart.  Journ.  Geol.  Soc,  Vol.  u,  pp.  8-9. 
London,  Eng.    (Issued  1855.) 

On  a  Modern  Submerged  Forest  at  Fort  Lawrence,  Nova  Scotia. 
Quart.     Journ.  Geol.  Soc,  Vol.  11,  1855,  pp.  119-122.     London,  Eng. 

On  the  Course  of  Collegiate  Education  adapted  to  the  circum- 
stances of  British  America.  The  Inaugural  Discourse  of  the  Principal 
of  McGill  College,  Montreal.  29  pp.  H.  Ramsay,  Montreal.  1855. 
(Reprint,  24  pp.  1895,  Montreal.)  (Canadian  Pamphlets,  No.  83, 
Library  of  Parliament,  Ottawa,  Canada.) 

Address  at  the  Meeting  of  the  Association  of  Protestant  Teachers 
of  the  Province  of  Quebec.  10  pp.  (Bound  with  paper  "On  the 
Course  of  Collegiate   Education,"   1855,  in   Peter   Redpath   Library.) 


Sir  John  Willioin  /J./um/i. — Ami.  29 

1856. 

On  the  Species  of  Meriones  and  Arvicolie  Found  in  Nova  Scotia. 
Bri*.  Assoc.  Rep.,  1855,  ft.  2,  p.  no;  Edinb.  Now  Pliil.  Journ,  111, 
1856,  pp.  1-4- 

Remarks  on  a  Specimen  of  Fossil  Wood  from  tlie  Devonian  Rocks 
(Gaspe  Sandstones)  of  Gaspe,  Canada  East.  Proc.  Amer.  Assoc. 
Adv.  Sci.,  1857,  Ft.  2,  pp.  174-176.     (Boston  meeting),  Mass. 

1857. 

Natural  History  in  its  Educational  Aspect.  Barnard's  Amer. 
Journ.  of  Education,  pp.  428-436,  Art.  II,  June,  1857.  (Extracts  from 
the  introductory  Lecture  of  the  popular  course  of  the  Natural  History 
Society  of  Montreal.)  Hartford,  Connecticut. 

On  the  parallelism  of  the  Rock  Formations  of  Nova  Scotia  with 
those  of  other  parts  of  America.  Proc.  Amer.  Asscc.  Adv.  Sci.  Part 
a,  pp.  18-25.     (Albany.)     Cambridge,  Mass. 

Archaia,  or  Studies  of  the  Narrative  of  the  Creation  in  Genesis. 
Montreal,  1857. 

On  the  Varieties  and  Mode  of  Preservation  of  the  Fossils  known 
as  Sternbergix.  Proc.  Amer.  Assoc.  Adv.  Sci.,  1857,  (pt.  2)  pp.  64-67; 
Can.  Journ.  2,  1857,  pp.  476-479,  Toronto;  Can.  Nat.  and  Geol.,  Vol.  2, 
No.  4,  Sept.  1857,  pi.  s,  pp.  299-305.     Montreal. 

On  the  Newer  Pliocene  Fossils  of  the  St.  Lawrence  Valley.  Proc. 
Amer.  Assoc.  Adv.  Sci.,  1857.  pt.  2,  pp.  74-75.  See  also  Review  Can. 
Nat.  and    Geol.  Vol.  2,  No.  4,  pp.  279-280,    Montreal. 

On  the  Geological  Structure  and  Mineral  Deposits  of  the  Pro- 
montory of  Maimanse,  Lake  Superior.  Can.  Nat.  and  Geol.,  Art.  i, 
Vol.  2,  No.   I,  pp.   1-12.     (Illustrated.)     March,  1857.     Montreal. 

The  Testimony  of  the  Rocks,  by  Hugh  Miller.  Can.  Nat.  and  Geol 
Art.  9,  Vol.  2.  No.  2,  pp.  81-92.     May,  1857.     Moi.treal. 

Recent  Geological  Discoveries.  Can.  Nat.  and  Geol,,  Vol.  2,  No. 
3,  pp.  188-195.  (Review  of  suppl.  to  5th  ed.,  Lyell's  Manual  of 
Geology.     London.  1857.)     July,  1857.     Montreal. 

On  the  Newer  Pliocene  and  Post  Pliocene  Deposits  of  the  vicinity 
of  Montreal,  with  notices  of  Fossils  recently  discovered  in  them. 
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Farther  gleanings  from  the  Meeting  of  the  Amer.  Assoc.  Adv.  So. 
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I8j8. 

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30  IUblu\i,rtil>liy. 

Things  to  be  Observed  in  Canada,  and  especially  in  Montreal  and 
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Report  of  the  Geological  Survey  of  Canada.  Can.  Nat.  &  Geol., 
Vol.  3,  pp.  32-39,  81-96.     Montreal. 

Permian  Fossils  in  Kansaf  and  elsewhere  in  .\nicrica.  Can.  Nat. 
&  Geol.,  Vol.  3,  No.  I,  p.  80.    February,  1858.    Montreal. 

Agassiz's  Contributions  to  the  Natural  History  of  the  United 
States.  Vols.  I  &  2.  Boston.  Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.,  Vol.  3,  No.  3,  Art. 
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Coal  in  Canada.  The  Bowmanville  Discovery.  Can.  Nat.  &  Geol., 
Vol.  3,  No.  3,  Art.  23,  pp.  212-223.    June,  1858.    Montreal. 

A  Week  in  Gasp^.  Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.,  Vol.  3,  1858,  pp.  321-331. 
Montreal. 

On  Sea  Anemones  and  Hydroid  Polyps  from  the  Gulf  of  St.  Law- 
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1850. 

On  Fossil  Plants  from  the  Devonian  Rocks  of  Canada.  Quart. 
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On  the  Lower  Coal  Measures  as  developed  in  British  America. 
(1858.)  Quart.  Journ.  Geol.  Soc,  Vol.  15,  1859,  pp.  62-76.  London, 
Eng.    Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.,  Vol.  4,  1859,  pp.  303-305.     Montreal. 

On  the  Vegetable  Structures  in  Coal.  Quart.  Journ.  Geol.  Soc, 
Vol.  15,  1859,  pp.  626-641.  Can.  Journ.,  Vol.  5.  i860,  pp.  305-307. 
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Additional  Notes  on  the  Post  Pliocene  Deposits  of  the  St.  Law- 
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ruary.    Montreal. 

On  the  Microscopic  Structure  of  Some  Canadian  Limestones. 
Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.,  Vol.  4,  1859,  pp.  161-169.    Montreal. 

On  a  Specimen  of  Aboriginal  Pottery  in  the  Museum  of  the 
Natural  History  Society  of  Montreal.  Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.,  Vol.  4, 
1859,  pp.  186-190.     Montreal. 

Geological  Survey  of  Canada.  Decades  I  and  IV,  Can.  Nat.  & 
Geol.,  Vol.  3,  1859,  pp.  220-228.     Montreal.     (A  Review.) 

Recent  Researches  in  the  Devonian  and  Carboniferous  Flora  of 
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Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.,  Vol.  4,  1859.  PP-  297-298.    Montreal. 

Post-Tertiary  of  the  St.  Lawrence  Valley.  Silliman's  Journal,  Vol. 
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On  a  New  Species  of  Stickleback.  (Gasterosteus  gymnetes.)  Can. 
Nat    &  Geol..  Vol.  4.  1859,  pp.  321-324.    Montreal. 


Sir  John  Wiltiant  Dmoson. — Aini.  Jt 

James  McGill  and  the  University  of  McGill  College.  Montreal. 
(Biographical  sketch  of  James  McGill.)  14  pp.  1859.  Reprinted  from 
Barnard's  American  Journal  of  Education  for  September,  1859. 

Fossile  Pflanzen  in  Devon-Gesteinen  der  Inscl  Gaspe  in  Canada. 
London,  Edinburgh  and  Dublin.  Phil.  Mag.,  4th  series.  No.  112,  pp. 
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Address  by  the  President  (Principal  Dawson)  (at  the)  Inaugura- 
tion of  the  new  buildings  of  the  Natural  History  Society,  Cathcart 
Street,  Montreal.  Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.,  Vol.  4,  No.  2,  pp.  142-144,  April, 
1859.    Montreal. 

"Catalogue  of  Animals  and  Plants  collected  and  observed  on  the 
southeast  side  of  the  St.  Lawrence  from  Quebec  to  Gasp6,  and  in 
the  Counties  of  Rimouski,  Gaspe  and  Honaventure,"  by  Mr.  Robert 
Bell,  Jr.,  Assistant  to  Mr.  James  Richardson,  Geological  Explorer 
under  Sir  W.  E.  Logan,  in  658."  (Class  Annulata.  Order  Tubicolae, 
determined  by  Dr.  J.  V/.  Dawson),  p.  251  and  Class  Polyzoa,  Order 
Cheilostomata,  pp.  255-257. 

Geological  Survey  of  Canada.  Report  of  Progress  for  the  year 
1857.  (A  review).  Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.,  Vol.  4,  No.  i.  pp.  62-69.  Feb., 
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i860. 

On  the  Fossil  Plants  of  the  Devonian  Rocks  of  Canada.  Can.  Nat. 
&  Geol.,  Vol.  s,  i860,  pp.  1-14.    Montreal. 

Archaia,  or  Studies  of  the  Cosmogony  and  Natural  History  of  the 
Hebrew  Scriptures.  400  pp.  B.  Dawson  &  Son,  Montreal;  Sampson, 
Low,  Son  it  Co.,  London,  Kng.  Kevitw  of  "Archaia,"  etc.  i860, 8vo, 
400  pp.  In  F.dinbiirgh  New  Pliilosophical  Journal,  Edinburgh,  new 
series,  Vol.  3,  pp.  291-295,  8vo,  1861,  A.  &  G,  Black.     Edinburgh. 

On  a  Terrestrial  Mollusk,  a  Chilognathous  Myriapod,  and  some 
new  species  of  Reptiles  from  the  Coal  Formation  of  Nova  Scotia. 
Quart.  Journ.  Geol.  Soc,  Vol.  16,  i860,  pp.  268-277.  London,  Eng. 
Abstract  of  paper.  Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.,  Vol.  5,  No.  3,  pp.  222-223. 
June,  i860.    Montreal. 

On  the  Tubicolous  Marine  Worms  of  the  Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence. 
Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.,  Vol.  s,  i860,  pp.  24-30.     Montreal. 

Review  of  "Darwin  on  the  Origin  of  Species  by  means  of  Natural 
Selection."  Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.,  Vol.  5,  No.  i,  Art.  HL,  Feb.,  i860, 
pp.  100-120.     Montreal. 

On  the  Silurian  and  Devonian  Rocks  of  Nova  Scotia.  Can.  Nat. 
&  Geol.,  Vol.  5,  pp.  132-143.  Montreal.  (Same  title  and  subject- 
published  as  separate  pamphlet,  28  pp.) 

Supplementary  Chapter  to  "Acadian  Geology."  70  pp.  (Illus- 
trated.)    Edinburgh,  London,  Pictou. 


32  BihIio;j;ral^hy. 

Notice  of  Tertiary  Fossils  from  Labrador,  Maine,  etc.,  and  Re- 
marks on  the  Climate  of  Canada,  in  the  Newer  Pliocene  or  Pleisto- 
cene Period.  Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.,  Vol.  5,  No.  3,  Art.  XV,  June  i860, 
pp.  188-200.    Montreal. 

Professor  Hall's  Report  on  the  Geology  of  Iowa.  Vol.  i,  Pts.  i  & 
2.  Can.  Nat.  &  Geol..  Vol.  5,  No.  3,  pp.  213—215.  June,  i860.  (Re- 
view) Montreal. 

Palxontological  Note  by  Dr.  Dawson  in  Paper  by  Rev.  D.  Honey- 
man  on  new  Localities  of  Fossiliferous  Silurian  Rocks  in  Eastern  No- 
va Scotia.  Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.,  Vol.  5,  No.  4,  Art.  41,  pp.  297 — 299 
(printed  197 — 199)  August,  i860.    Montreal. 

Notes  on  the  Coal  Fields  of  Pictou,  by  Henry  Poole.  Can.  Nat.  & 
Geol.,  Vol.  5,  No.  4,  pp.  285-286  and  291-293  (printed  192-193).  Aug. 
i860.  Montreal.  (Palxontological  and  other  notes  by  J.  W.  D.  at 
pages  indicated.) 

Notes  on  the  Earthquake  of  October,  i860.  Can.  Nat.  &  Geol., 
Vol.  5,  i860,  pp.  363-372.     Montreal. 

Notes  on  Aboriginal  Antiquities  recently  discovered  in  the  Island 
of  Montreal.  Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.,  Vol.  s.  No.  6,  Dec,  i860.  Art.  52,  pp. 
430-449.     Montreal. 

Supplementary  Chapter  to  Acadian  Geology.  i2mo.  70  pp.  Wood 
engravings  of  fossils.     Edinburgh. 

On  an  undcscribcd  Fossil  Fern  from  the  Lower  Coal  Measures  of 
Nova  Scotia.  (Abstract)  Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.,  Vol.  5,  No.  6,  Dec,  i860, 
pp.  460-461.  Montreal.  Quart.  Journ.  Geol.  Soc,  Vol.  17,  i86i,  p.  5. 
London,  Eng. 

Note  on  a  Specimen  of  Nesra  collected  by  Mr.  R.  S.  Fowler,  and 
exhibited  to  the  Natural  History  Society  of  Montrea'.  Can.  Nat.  & 
Geol.,  Vol.  5,  No." 6,  Dec,  i860,  pp.  461-462.    Montreal. 

Note  on  Relics  of  the  Red  Indian  of  Newfoundland  collected  by 
Mr.  Smith  McKay,  and  exhibited  to  the  Natural  History  Society.  Can. 
Nat.  &  Geol.,  Vol.  5,  No.  6,  half  page  462.     Dec,  i860.    Montreal. 

Statement  of  the  Board  of  Royal  Institution,  Governors  of  McGill 
College.  Being  extracts  from  a  memorial  prepared  for  the  Govern- 
ment and  Legislature  of  Canada,  i860.  8  pp.  John  C.  Becket,  Mon- 
treal. 

1861. 

The  Pre-Carboniferous  Flora  of  New  Brunswick,  Maine  and  East- 
ern Canada.  Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.,  Vol.  6,  1861.  pp.  161-180.  Montreal. 
Noticed  anonymously  in  Amer.  Journ.  Sci.,  Vol.  'Si,  1862.,  pp.  278-279. 
2nd  series. 

Arch^ologie  Canadienne.  De  quelques  sepultures  d'  anciens  indi- 
genes de  r  Am^rique  decouverts  a  Montreal.  (Traduit  du  "Canadian 
Naturalist"  et  annote  pour  le  "Journal  de  I'lnstruction  Publique.")  24 
pp.  Impr.  Eusfebe  Senecal,  Montreal,  1861.  (Canadian  Pamphlets, 
Nos.  473  &  104,  Library  of  Parliament,   Ottawa,   Canada.) 


Sir  John  William  Dawson. — Ami.  33 

Notes  on  the  Geology  of  Murray  Bay,  Lower  St.  Lawrence.  Can. 
Nat.  &  Geol.,  Vol.  6,  pp.  138-151.  (With  list  of  Cambro-Silurian  and 
Post-Tertiary  fossils  and  description  of  Lingula  Eva,  by  E.  Billings, 
p.  150).    Montreal. 

(Descriptions  of  new  species  of  fossil  plants  from  Perry,  Maine.) 
"Agric.  and  Geol.  of  Maine",  2nd  Ser.,  1861,  pp.  249-251,  (illustrated) 
Augusta,  Me. 

The  Earthquake  of  July  12,  1861.  Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.,  Vol.  6,  Nn.  4, 
p.  329,  August,  1861.    Montreal. 

On  the  Recent  Discoveries  of  Gold  in  Nova  Scotia.  Can.  Nat.  & 
Geol,,  Vol.  6,  1861,  pp.  417-433.    Montreal. 

On  an  Erect  Sigillaria  from  the  South  Joggins,  Nova  Scotia. 
Journ.  Geol.  Soc,  Vol.  17,  1861,  pp.  522-524.  Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.,  Vol. 
7,  1862,  pp.  106-111.     Montreal. 

Note  on  a  Carpolite  from  the  Coal  Formation  of  Cape  Breton. 
Journ.  Geol.  Soc,  Vol.  17,  i86i,pp.  525-526.  Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.,  Vol. 
7,  1862,  pp.  111-113.    Montreal. 

Synopsis  of  the  Course  of  Zoology  McGill  University  (Montreal), 
Session  1862-63.  17  pp.  (General  view,  functions  and  classification  of 
the  Animal  Kingdom.)    Montreal. 

1862. 

Proceedings  at  the  Inauguration  of  the  Wm.  Molson  Hall  of  Mc- 
Gill University,  by  His  Excellency  The  Rt.  Hon.  Viscount  Monk,  Oct. 
10,  1862.    pp.  31-39.    Adden.    J.  W.  D. 

Alpine  and  Arctic  Plants,  a  lecture  delivered  before  the  Young 
Men's  Christun  Association  of  Montreal,  February,  1862,  25  pp.  John 
Lovell,  Montreal,  1862. 

Notice  of  the  Discovery  of  Additional  Remains  of  Land  Animals 
in  the  Coal  Measures  of  the  South  Joggins,  Nova  Scotia.  Quart. 
Journ.  Geol.  Soc,  Vol.  18,  1862,  pp.  296-328.     Silliman's  Journ.,  Vol. 

35,  1863,  pp.  311-319- 

Note  on  Mr.  Lesley's  Paper  on  the  Coal  Measures  of  Cape  Breton. 
Proc.  Phil.  Soc.  Amer.   Vol.  9,  1862-63,  pp.  165-170. 

On  the  Flora  of  the  Devonian  Period  in  North  Eastern  America. 
Quart.  Journ.  Geol.  Soc,  vol.  18,  pp.  296-330.  (  I.  Localities:  N.  Y., 
Maine,  Canada,  N.  Br.  2.  Descriptions  of  Species.  3.  Conclusion.) 
Nov.  1862,  London,  Eng.  (Opposite  page  329  an  additional  page  or 
appendix,  bearing  date  September,  1862,  was  inserted.) 

Notes  on  the  Flora  of  the  White  Mountains,  in  its  Geographical 
and  Geological  Relations.  Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.  vol.  7,  1862.  pp.  80-102. 
Montreal. 

On  the  Erect  Sigillaria  a  Carpolite,  from  Nova  Scotia.  Can.  Nat. 
&  Geol.  vol.  7,  pp.   106-113.     Montreal. 

On  the  Footprints  of  Limulus  as  compared  with  the  Protichnites  of 
the  Potsdam  Sandstone.  Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.,  vol.  7,  1862,  pp.  271-277. 
Montreal. 


^4  Bibltograpliy. 

On  tie  Footprints  of  Limulus  as  compared  with  the  Piotichniteg 
of  the  Potsdam  Sandstone.  (Abstract  of  paper  in  Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.) 
Amer  Journ.  Sc,  vol.  34,  ser.  2,  pp.  446-447.  New  Haven,  Conn.  U.  S. 
A. 

Zoological  Classification  of  Cuclenterata  and  Protozoa  versus  Ra- 
diata.    Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.  vol.  7.  1862,  pp.  438-443.     Montreal. 

Fossil  Plants  Discovered  at  Perry,  Me.  Letter  (Nov.  28th,  1862.) 
to  C.  H.  Hitchcock,  Proc.  Portland  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  Vol.  i,  pt.  2,  pp. 
99-100,  pi.  2,  1862.    Portland,  Me. 

Review  of  Hooker's  "Outlines  of  the  distribution  of  Arctic  Plants." 
Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.,  8vo,  Vol.  7,  pp.  334-,i44.  Dawson  Bros.  Mon- 
treal. 

1S63. 

On  the  Antiquity  of  Man.  A  review  of  "Lyell"  &  "Wilson."  Can. 
Nat.  &  Geol.,  8vo,  Vol.  8,  pp.  113-135.  1863.  Montreal.  Also 
Edinburgh  New  Philosophical  Journal,  Kdinburgh,  1864.  A.  &  G. 
Black.  8vo.    new  series.  Vol    19,  pp.  40-64. 

A  Handbook  of  the  Geography  and  Natural  History  of  the  Pro- 
vince of  Nova  Scotia  for  the  Use  of  Schools,  Families  &  Travellers. 
84th  edition  revised,     pp.  96.     Pictou,  McPherson  &  Co  ,  1863. 

On  Two  New  Coal  Plants  from  Nova  Scotia.  (Abstract).  (Edin- 
burgh New  Philosophical  Journal.  A.  &  G.  Black,  1863.  8vo,  new 
series.  Vol.  18,  p.  298.  Brit,  .^ssoc.  Proceedings.) 

The  Duties  of  Educated  Young  Men  in  British  America.  (Being 
the  Annual  University  lecture  of  McGill  University,  Montreal.  Ses- 
sion of  1863-4.)  24  pp.;  John  Lovell,  Montreal,  1863.  (Canadian  pam- 
phlets. No.  527,  Library  of  Parliament,  Ottawa,  Canada.) 

Notice  of  a  New  Species  of  Dendrerpcton,  and  of  the  Dermal  Cov- 
erings of  certain  Carboniferous  Reptiles.  Quart.  Journ.  Geol.  Soc, 
Vol.  19,  1863,  pp.  469-473. 

On  .American  Devonian,  Silliman's  Journ.  or  Amer  Journ.  Sci.. 
ser.  2,  vol.  35,  1863.  pp.  309-311.     New  Haven. 

Further  Observations  on  the  Devonian  Plants  of  Maine,  Gaspe  and 
New  York.  Quart.  Journ.  Geol.  Soc,  London,  pp.  458-469,  pis,  17-19. 
Nov.,  1863.  London,  Eng. 

The  Air-breathers  of  the  Coal  Periods  in  Nova  Scotia.  Can.  Nat. 
&  Geol,  Vol.  8.  1863.  pp  1-12,  81-88,  159-160,  161-175,  268-295. 
Montreal. 

Air  Breathers  of  the  Coal  Period.  A  descriptive  account  of  the 
remains  of  land  animals  found  in  the  Coal  Formation  of  Nova  Scotia, 
with  remarks  on  their  bearing  on  theories  of  the  formation  cf  coal, 
ai!<l  of  the  origin  of  species.  Issued  as  separate,  with  |)lKitograph  and 
illustrations.  81  pp.  six  plates,  i  photograph,  i  frontispiece.  1863 
Dawson   Bros.,  Montreal. 

Addendum  to  Dr  Dawson's  article  on  Air  Breathers  of  the  Coal 
Period.  Can.  Nat,  &  Geol,,  Vol,  8,  pp.  159-160.  8vo.  Dawson  Bros., 
Montreal. 


Sir  John  ll't/hiim  JJauso/i.-Anii.  35 

Synopsis  of  the  Floi-a  of  the  Carboniferous  Period  in  Nova  Scotia. 
Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.,  Vol.  8,  1863,  pp.  431-457.    Montreal. 

(Post-Tertiary  deposits  and  their  fossils).  Geology  of  Canada,  1863, 
Geol.  Sarv.  Can.,  Rep.  Progress  from  its  Commencement  to  1863,  etc. 
Chapter  XXII,  Supplementary;  Superficial  Geology,  pp.  886-930;  (pp. 
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1864. 

On  some  Points  in  the  History  and  Prospects  of  Protestant  Edu- 
cation in  Lower  Canada.  A  lecture  delivered  by  Principal  Dawson  be- 
fore the  Association  of  Teachers,  in  connection  with  the  McGill  Nor- 
mal School,  Dec,  1864.  Printed  by  J.  C.  Brecket,  Montreal.  1864.  20 
pp.    (Canadian  Pamphlets,  142,  Library  of  Parliament,  Ottawa,  Can.) 

Agriculture  for  Schools.     Montreal. 

Addresses  of  Principal  Dawson  and  Rev.  D.  H.  McVicar,  delivered 
at  the  Bible  Society  Meeting,  January  27,  1864.  Montreal,  1864.  John 
Lovell.    pp.  3-6. 

Address  of  the  President  of  the  Natural  History  Society  (of  Mon- 
treal), Can.  Nat.  &  Geol.,  N.  S.,  Vol.  i.  No.  3,  pp.  218-229.    June. 

1864.  Montreal. 

On  the  Fossils  of  the  Laurentian  and  Boulder  Drift  of  Canada. 
Amer.  Journ.  Sci.,  Vol.  38,  1864,  pp.  231-239.    New  Haven,  Conn. 

Elementary  Views  of  the  Classification  of  Animals.  Can.  Nat.  & 
Geol.,  N.  S.,  Vol.  I,  No.  4,  pp.  241-258.    August,  1864.    Montreal. 

On  the  Fossils  of  the  Genus  Rusophycus.  Can.  Nat.,  second  series, 
Vol.  I,  pp.  363-367.  October,  1864.  (An  illustration  of  Rusich- 
nites  Acadicus  to  accompany  description  on  page  458,  Dec,  1864.) 
Montreal. 

Synopsis  of  the  Flora  of  the  Carboniferous  Period  in  Nova  Scotia. 
Amer.  Journ.  Sci.,  Vol.  37,  1864,  pp.  419-427.     New  Haven,  Conn. 

The  Flora  of  the  Carboniferous  Epoch  of  Nova  Scotia.  By  J.  W. 
Dawson,  (Review.)  In  Quarterly  Journal  of  Science,  London,  John 
Churchill  &  Sons,  1864.    8vo.    Vol.  5,  (i  pi)  p.  732.     London. 

1865. 

Note  on  Mr.  Lesley's  Paper,  On  the  Coal  Measures  of  Cape 
Breton,  (with  remarks  by  Mr.  Lesley).  Excerpt  from  proceedings  of 
American  Philosophical  Society.  Vol.  9,  March  1865.  8vo,  pp.  165- 
170.  (Canada  Mining  Report,  Vol.  3.) 

Biography  of  Sir  William  Dawson.  Kennings  Taylor,  "Portraits 
of  British  Americans."     1865.    pp.  143-157. 

Notes  on  the  meeting  of  the  British  Association  at  Birmingham, 

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Sir  Jo/t/i  1 1  'i//ia»i  JJa'u'so/i. — Ami.  4  • 

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1873. 

.^nnual  Address  of  the  President  of  the  Natural  History  Society  of 
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Note  on  a  New  Sigillaria,  showing  scars  of  fructification.  Proc. 
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On  the  Geological  Relations  of  the  Iron  Ores  of  Nova  Scotia. 
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Impressions  and  Footprints  of  Aquatic  Animals  and  Imitative 
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The  Dawn  of  Life.  Being  llie  History  of  the  oldest  known  fossil 
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published  by  Hodder  &  Stoughton,  London,  Eng.  (1875),  under  title 
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Origin  and  History  of  Life  on  our  Planet.  An  address  by  Vice- 
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Address  delivered  before  the  Natural  History  Society  of  Montreal. 
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On  some  new  specimens  of  fossil  Protozoa  from  Canada.  Proc. 
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On  some  new  Fossil  Protozoa  from  Canada.  Proc.  Amer.  Assoc. 
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On  the  occurrence  of  Eozoon  at  Cote  St.  Pierre.  Quart.  Journ. 
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Note  on  the  Phosphates  of  the  Laurentian  and  Cambrian  Rocks  of 
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Eozoon  Canadcnse  according  to  Hahn.  Ann.  &  Mag.  Nat.  Hist., 
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On  Mr.  Carter's  Objections  to  Eozoon.  (1875.)  Ann.  &  Mag. 
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Note  on  a  specimen  of  Metadiabase  from  Connecticut  Lake,  sup- 
posed to  be  organic.  Amer.  Journ.  Sci.,  Vol.  12,  p.  395.  December, 
1876.     New  Haven,  Conn.,  U.  S.  A. 

On  a  recent  discovery  of  Carboniferous  Batrachians  in  Nova  Sco- 
tia. Amer.  Journ.  Sci.,  Vol.  12,  pp.  440-447.,  1876.  New  Haven, 
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Carboniferous  Land  Shells.     Nature,  Vol.  15,  p.  317.  London,  Eng. 

Carboniferous  Pulmonates.  Amer.  Journ.  Sci.,  3rd  series.  Vol.  12, 
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Remarks  on  a  certain  paper  on  Biblical  interpretation  and  science. 
Trans.  Victoria.  Institute.    Vol.  9,  pp.  173-I7S.     1876.    London.  Eng. 

Fossil  Agricultural  Implements  in  America.  Trans.  Victoria  Insti- 
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i877. 

Annual  address  to  Natural  History  Society  of  Montreal;  Pleisto- 
cene History.  Can.  Nat.  &  Quart.  Journ.  Sci.  (new  series).  Vol.  8, 
No.  5.  pp.  293-303.    July,  1877.    Montreal. 

(Remarks  on  Geology  of  Belccil  and  vicinity.)  Can.  Nat.  &  Quart. 
Journ.  Sci.  (new  series).  Vol.  8,  No.  S,  pp.  286-288.    July,  Montreal. 

Note  on  a  Fossil  Seal  from  the  Leda  Clay  of  the  Ottawa  Valley. 
(Read  before  the  Natural  History  Society  [Montreal],  October  2gth, 
1877.)  Can.  Nat.  &  Quart.  Journ.  Sci.,  (new  series,)  Vol.  8,  No.  6,  pp. 
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treal. 

Lower  Carboniierous  Fishes  of  New  Brunswick.  Can.  Nat.  & 
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Fossil  Agricultural  Implements.  A  note  on  American  Flint  Hoes. 
By  Principal  Dawson.  Separate  4  PP-  (Read  Feb.  5,  1877)  (Trans. 
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The  Origin  of  the  World,  according  to  Revelation  and  Science,  pp. 
I-IV  and  438  pp.  1877.    Dawson  Bros.    Montreal. 

Plants  from  Quesnel  (and)  Plants  from  Blackwater.  Geol.  Surv. 
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Sir  Jolm  William  Dmvson. — Ami.  4| 

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Notes  on  two  Palx-ozolc  Crustaceans  from  Nova  Scotia  and 
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Fossil  Floras  and  Glacial  Periods.     Nature.     Vol.  16.     pp.  67-68. 

1877.  London. 

The  Earthquake  of  November  4,  1877.  Can.  Nat.  &  Quart.  Journ. 
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Grand  'Eury  on  the  Carboniferous  Flora.  (Being  a  review  of 
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Notes  on  a  specimen  of  Diploxylon  from  the  Coal  formation  of 
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The  so-called  "Conflict  of  science  and  religion."  Popular  Science 
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I8?8. 

Notes  on  some  Scottish  Devonian  plants.  (Read  before  the  Edin- 
burgh Geological  society,  Edinburgh,  December  20,  1877.  D.  Milne 
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(Bibliography  of  John  William  Dawson.)  Catalogue  of  Scientific 
papers  (1864-73).  Compiled  and  published  by  the  Royal  Society  of 
London,  Vol.  7,  pp.  497-499.  London,  Eng.  (50  titles  with  references.) 

Evolution  and  the  apparition  of  Animal  Forms.  Princeton  Review. 
Vol.  I.  pp.  662-675.    New  York. 

Presidential  Address,  Natural  History  Society  Montreal,  held  May 
12,  1878.  Includes  biographical  sketches  of  Dr.  Philip  Pearsall  Car- 
penter, Prof.  Charles  Frederick  Hartt,  and  Dr.  John  Bell.  Can.  Nat. 
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Stromatopora  as  distinguished  from  Millepora.  Ann.  &  Mag.  Nat. 
Hist.  Vol.  2.  pp.  28-30,  1878.     London,  Eng. 

On  the  microscopic  structure  of  Stromatoporidae  and  on  palaeozoic 
fossils  mineralized  with  silicates  in  illustration  of  Eozoon.  Quart. 
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Supplement  to  the  second  edition  of  Acadian  Geology,  containing 
additional  facts  as  to  the  geological  structure,  fossil  remains,  and  min- 
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1879. 

Genesis  and  migration  of  plants.  Princeton  Review,  Vol.  3,  pp. 
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Points  of  contact  between  science  and  revelation.  Princeton  Re- 
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Moebius  on  Eozoon  Canadense.  Amer.  Journ.  Sci.  &  Arts.,  Vol. 
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Semi-metamorphic  fossiliferous  rocks  containing  serpentine.  Amer. 
Journ.  Sci.  &  Arts.,  Ser.  \  Vol.  17.  pp.  327-328,  1879.  New  Haven, 
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List  of  Tertiary  Plants  from  localities  in  the  southern  part  of 
British  Columbia,  with  description  of  a  new  species  of  Equisebum. 
Geol.  Surv.  Can.  Report  of  Progress,  1877-78.  pp.  186B-187B.  1879. 
(Dawson  Bros.)     Montreal. 

Remarks  on  recent  papers  on  the  geology  of  Nova  Scotia.  Can. 
Nat.  &  Quart.  Journ.  Sci.,  Vol.  9,  pp.  1-16,  February,  1879.  Mon- 
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The  Quebec  Group  of  Sir  Wm.  Logan,  &c.  Annual  Address  of 
the  President  before  the  Natural  History  Society  of  Montreal,  for 
May  19th,  1879.  Can.  Nat.  and  Quart.  Journ.  Sc,  Vol.  9,  No.  3,  pp. 
165-180.    1879,    (Issurd  as  separate  15  pp.) 

A  Canadian  Pterygotus,  (Pterygotus  Canadensis).  Can.  Nat.  & 
Quart.  Journ.  Sci.,  Vol.  9,  No.  2,  pp.  103-105.  June,  1879.  Montreal. 
Also  issued  as  separate  pamphlet.     Montreal.     1879. 

Note  on  recent  controversies  respecting  Eozoon  Canadense.  Can. 
Nat.  &  Quart.  Journ.  Sci.,  Vol.  9,  No.  4,  pp.  228-240,  1879.  Montreal. 
Published  as  separate  pamphlet.     12  pp.  Montreal. 

1880. 

Lecture  notes  on  geology  and  outline  of  the  geology  of  Canada 
for  the  use  of  students,  with  figures  of  characteristic  fossils.  96  pp. 
Dawson  Bros.    1880.    Montreal. 

Haeckel  on  the  Evolution  of  Man.  Princeton  Review.  Vol.  5, 
pp.  444-464,  1880,  New  York. 

Fossil  men  and  their  modern  representatives.  An  attempt  to  illus- 
trate the  characters  and  conditions  of  pre-hiftoric  man  in  Europe  by 
those  of  the  American  Races.      348  pp.  Dawson  Bros.     Montreal. 

Future  of  McGill  University.  Annual  University  lecture  session 
18G0.  19  pp.  Montreal.  (Bound  with  Dr.  J.  W.  Dawson's  "On  the 
course  of  Collegiate  education"    Peter  Redpath  Library,  Montreal.) 

Notes  on  the  limestones  from  the  gneiss  formation  of  Brazil. 
Amer.  Journ.  Sci.,  Ser.  3,  Vol.  19,  p.  326.    1880.    New  Haven,  Conn. 


Sir  John  Williiim  Diiiuson. — Ami.  47 

Notes  on  fossil  plants  collected  by  Dr.  Selwyn  in  the  lignite  Terti- 
ary formation  of  Roches  Percees,  Souris  river,  Manitoba.  Geol.  Surv. 
Can.  Report  of  Progress,  1879-80,  Appendix  2,  pp.  51A-55A.  See  also  Can. 
Nat.  &  Quart.  Journ.  Sci.,  Vol.  g,  No.  7.  pp.  447-448,  i8So.    Montreal. 

The  chain  of  life  in  geological  time.  A  sketch  of  the  origin  and 
succession  of  animals  and  plants,  pp.  16  and  272  pp.  192  figures  in 
the  text  and  several  landscapes.    8vo.     London,  1880. 

Revision  of  the  land  snails  of  the  palaeozoic  era,  with  descriptions 
of  new  species.  Amer.  Journ.  Sci.  &  Art.  Vol.  20,  pp.  403-415.  Nov, 
1880,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

New  facts  respecting  the  geological  relations  and  fossil  remains  of 
the  Silurian  iron  ores  of  Pictou,  Nova  Scotia.  Read  before  the  Nat. 
Hist.  Soc.  Montreal,  April  5,  1880.  Can.  Nat.  &  Quart  Journ.  Sci., 
Vol.  9,  No.  6,  pp.  332-344.  Montreal.  Abstract  in  Amer.  Journ. 
Sci.,  3d  series.  Vol.  20,  p.  241,  1880.  New  Haven.  Published  as  sep- 
arate pamphlet:     15  pp.  April  1880.    Montreal. 

Note  on  the  geological  relations  of  the  fossil  insects  from  the 
Devonian  of  New  Brunswick.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  Ann.  Me- 
moirs, pp.  31-41.  (Included  in  "The  Devonian  insects  of  New  Bruns- 
wick" by  S.  H.  Scudder.)     1880.     Boston. 

1881. 

Paliontological  Notes:  i.  A  new  species  of  Piloceras.  2.  Sac- 
caniina?  (Calcispha;ra)  Eriana.  (An  Erian  rhizopod  of  uncertain 
affinities.)  3.  New  Devonian  plants  from  the  Bay  de  Chaleur.  Can. 
Nat.  &  Quart.  Journ.  Sci.,  Vol.  10,  pp.  i-ii,    April,  1881.    Montreal. 

Notes  on  the  new  Erian  (Devonian)  plants.  (1880).  Quart. 
Journ.  Geol.  Soc,  Vol.  37.  pp.  299-308.  2  pi.  (12-13)  London,  Eng. 
Noticed  by  Steinmann  in  Bot.  Centr.  Bd.  8.  pp.  171-172  (.\bstract). 
Amer.  Journ.  Sci.,  3rd  series,  Vol.  22,  p.  2,^3,  1881.  (.Abstract).  Can. 
Nat,  &  Quart.  Journ.  Sci.  Vol.  9,  No.  8,  pp.  475-476.  March  17,  1891, 
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Loyalty.  A  letter  to  McGill  students  from  the  Principal.  Sep- 
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Some  salient  points  in  the  science  of  the  earth  499  pp.  VV.  Drys- 
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On  the  Correlation  of  .arly  Cretaceous  floras  in  Canada,  and  the 
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Thoughts  on  an  Ideal  College  for  Women.  (An  address  deliv- 
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Remarks  on  Prestwich's  paper  Causes  for  the  origin  of  the  tradi- 
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PETER  REDPATH, Governor  &  Benefactorof  McGill  fniversity  & 
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Testimony  of  the  Holy  Scripture  respecting  wine  and  strong 
drink.  3rd  edition  revised.  52  pp.  Two  supplementary  notes.  1898. 
Montreal. 

The  Seer  of  Patmos,  and  the  Twentieth  Century.  Reprinted  from 
the  Homiletic  Review  for  June  and  July  1898.  38  pp.  Funk  &  Wag- 
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Communication  on  Mr.  Mello's  paper  on  primitive  man.  Trans. 
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13.  No.  9,  pp.  201-202.  December  1899.  Ottawa. 

(Sir  William  Dawson)  Biographical  sketch  uf.  By  Prof.  Frank 
D.  Adams  of  McGill  University  (with  portraits).  Science,  new  se- 
ries. Vol.  16.  pp.  905-911,  Dec.  22,  1899.  The  substance  of  this  sketch 
also  appeared  in  The  McGill  Outlook  for  December  1899.     Montreal. 

Index  to  paper  pamphlets  and  books  in  the  library  of  Sir  J.  Wil- 
liam Dawson,  M    S      226  pp      (In  Peter  Rcdpath  Library.) 

1900* 

Sir  John  William  Dawson  (Biographical  sketch  of)  by  Dr.  F.  I). 
.■Vdams, Can.  Rec  Sci.,  \'(il.  K.  No.  3,  January  iqix),  pp.  137-1.,  ^.  iqoo. 
Montreal.     (Illustrated.) 

Datf  uncertain. 

The  Historical  Deluge,  in  its  relation  to  scientific  discovery  and  to 
present  questions.     Present  Day  Tracts.  No.  76.     56  pp. 


64  liihliogrtipliy . 

Creative  development  and  evolution.  Contributed  to  the  Exposi- 
tor.   36  pp.     Printed  for  private  circulation.    1881. 

(I'rimary  or  predisposing  cause  of  Disease  called  "Potato  Rot"  and 
its  Remedies.)  Remedies  or  Palliations,  pp  655-664,  Nova  Scotia 
Reports  (1851?).    Halifax  or  Pictou. 

Nouvelle  note  sur  les  Antiquittfs  aborigines  trouvges  ^  Montreal, 
pp.  25-36.    "J.  VV.  Dawson,  Esq.,  Canadian  Naturalist." 

The  Day  of  Rest  in  relation  to  the  world  that  now  is  and  that 
which  is  to  come.  Present  Day  Tracts,  2nd  series,  No.  50.  32  pp. 
London,  Eng. 

Forms  and  hints  for  teachers  and  trustees  of  schools  by  the  super- 
intendent of  education.    8  pp.     (1851?)     Nova  Scotia. 

School  Architecture — abridged  from  Barnard's  School  Architecture 
with  notes  by  the  Superintendent  of  Education  of  Nova  Scotia.  16  pp. 
McKinley,  Halifax  &  James  Dawson,  Pictou,  Publishers. 

"A  possible  cause  of  the  origin  of  the  Tradition  of  the  Flood, 
by  Sir  J.  Prestwich."  Remarks  on,  by  Sir  J.  W.  Dawson,  Journ. 
Trans.  Victoria  Inst.,  or  Phil.  Soc,  Great  Britain,  Vol.  27,  108,  Lon- 
don, P'ng. 

"On  Specimens  in  the  McGill  University  illustrating  the  physical 
character  of  the  granites  (with  references  by  Professors  Putnam, 
Cleland,  &c.)  Journ.  Trans.  Victoria  Institute,  or  Phil.  Soc,  Great 
Britain,  Vol.  29,   116.     London. 

"Useful  and  ornamental  Stones  of  Ancient  Egypt.  Journ.  Trans. 
Victoria  Inst.,  or  Phil.  Soc.  Great  Britain,  Vol.  26,  104,  with  remarks 
by  \V.  H.  Huddlestone,  F.  R,  S.;  Prof.  E.  Hull,  F.  R.  S.;  W.  Brindley, 
F.  G.  S.;  Colonel  Conder,  R.  E.;  Prof.  Logan  Lobley.    London,  Eng. 

Pre-historic  times  in  Egypt  and  Palestine,  II,  North  American  Re- 
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